Re: [BUG] Kernel 2.4.0-test1-ac10 changes open of symlink behavior.

From: Andries Brouwer (aeb@veritas.com)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 04:49:02 EST


On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 02:57:19PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote:

> > Compatibility, history, not breaking emacs..
>
> I followed the thread, but couldn't seem to see a conclusion
> at the end of it.

Not so impatient - there is no end yet to this thread.

> Is the conclusion that I should be fixing XEmacs to follow
> the symlink in userspace rather than relying on the kernel?

If you want XEmacs to work in all environments, yes.
Even if Linux 2.4 reverts to the 2.2 behaviour shared
with most other Unix systems, the fact remains that we
have had deviating behaviour for a while.
Invent an autoconf test.

Andries

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