Re: [PATCH] Implement AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW flag for linkat

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Al Viro wrote:
> 
> Where does POSIX require that?  IIRC, it was along the lines of "application
> can't rely on kernel doing the right thing", not "kernel must do the
> wrong thing"...

Well, the patch as sent in does seem sane, as long as glibc doesn't start 
defaulting to the insane behaviour. Giving users the _ability_ to link to 
the symlink target is certainly not wrong, regardless of any standard. 
Doing it by default is another matter.

		Linus
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