On 12/08/2009 11:12 AM, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
if sed is used to in-place edit a*symlink* it is replacing the symlink with a regular file. Thats probably okay (other tools like perl do it the same way) but it could cause some problems. For example if people who are not aware of that fact use it to edit files in /etc/apache2/conf.d or so.
The existence of a --follow-symlinks option should be enough of a clue... Paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org