Package: coreutils Version: 8.5-1 Severity: normal Hi there.
It's easiest to show with an example <<EOF $ cd /temp $ mkdir -p v3c $ mkdir -p tryout $ cd tryout $ ln -s ../v3c v3c $ ls -lsa total 8 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 contact contact 4096 Sep 22 06:49 . 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 contact contact 4096 Sep 22 06:49 .. 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 contact contact 6 Sep 22 06:49 v3c -> ../v3c $ cd v3c $ ls .. tryout v3c $ cd .. $ ls v3c EOF The last two listings should be the same - the contents of the directory containing the symlink. Instead, the second last listing shows the contents of the directory linked to by the symlink. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages coreutils depends on: ii libacl1 2.2.51-3 ii libattr1 1:2.4.46-3 ii libc6 2.13-18 ii libselinux1 2.1.0-1 coreutils recommends no packages. coreutils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org