I noticed a problem with symbolic links in the
newer 2.1 kernels. Semantics seem to have changed.
Please note the following session:
>heiko@colossus:~ $ cd /usr/lib/emacs/19.29/etc
>sh: /usr/lib/emacs/19.29/etc: Not a directory
This works with 2.0.29.
>heiko@colossus:~ $ cd /
>heiko@colossus:/ $ ls -l /usr/lib/emacs/19.29/etc
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Feb 2 1996 /usr/lib/emacs/19.29/etc -> ../../../share/lib/emacs/19.29/etc
This is ok.
>heiko@colossus:/ $ ls -l /usr/lib/emacs/19.29/etc/
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Feb 2 1996 /usr/lib/emacs/19.29/etc/ -> ../../../share/lib/emacs/19.29/etc
This normally displays the content of the directory associated with
the symbolic link. Here it does not.
>heiko@colossus:/ $ cd /usr/lib/emacs/19.29/etc/
>sh: /usr/lib/emacs/19.29/etc/: Not a directory
Same as above.
>heiko@colossus:/ $ cd /usr/lib/emacs/19.29/
>heiko@colossus:/usr/lib/emacs/19.29 $ ls -ld etc
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Feb 2 1996 etc -> ../../../share/lib/emacs/19.29/etc
>heiko@colossus:/usr/lib/emacs/19.29 $ cd etc
>sh: etc: Not a directory
Same as above.
>heiko@colossus:/usr/lib/emacs/19.29 $ cd ../../../share/lib/emacs/19.29/etc
Symbolic link failed. Direct change directory worked.
>heiko@colossus:/usr/share/lib/emacs/19.29/etc $ ls -ld ../etc
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 8192 Feb 16 1996 ../etc
>heiko@colossus:/usr/share/lib/emacs/19.29/etc $ cd ..
>heiko@colossus:/usr/share/lib/emacs/19.29 $ ls -ld etc
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 8192 Feb 16 1996 etc
'etc' is a directory.
My guess is the '..' parts are not handled as before with respect
to symbolic links...
Best regards,
Heiko Eissfeldt