FS#1218 : Patch for even better symlink handling

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FS#1218 - Patch for even better symlink handling

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Jason Chu (jason) - Wednesday, 04 August 2004, 00:49 GMT

Task Type	Feature Request
Category
Status	Closed
Assigned To	No-one
Architecture	not specified
Severity	Very Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version	0.7 Wombat
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

The current implementation chokes if both files are symlinks to a third file (such as the case of a file upgrading from /usr/perl5/5.8.4 to /usr/perl5/5.8.5, and the real file is in /usr/perl5/current).

I should have implemented it this way the first time, but I guess I'm just stupid.

This will apply cleanly to an unmodified 2.8.2, but won't apply properly with the patch to fix the bug in 2.8.2.