Attempting to create a symbolic link from a file in current directory to a target directory creates broken symlink

2008-01-21 Thread Robert Miesen
Attempting to run a command to the effect of 'ln -s Dir /path/to/DestDir/Dir creates a broken symlink to "Dir" in /path/to/DestDir/. See the attached script for automated bug reproduction. Same effect also happens when using the '-t' option. I attempted to raise this issue with Gentoo, but I

Re: Attempting to create a symbolic link from a file in current directory to a target directory creates broken symlink

2008-01-21 Thread Robert Miesen
DIRECTORY (the cwd file I'm talking about can be found in /proc/runningProcess/). Thank you for your kind and informative email. It has put into perspective this "bug" (or "feature" depending on your interpretation.) Bob Proulx wrote: Robert Miesen wrote: Attempting to

Re: Attempting to create a symbolic link from a file in current directory to a target directory creates broken symlink

2008-01-21 Thread Robert Miesen
I guess then that this really is a "feature." Thank you for your help. Bob Proulx wrote: Robert Miesen wrote: I checked the FAQ for ln and it would appear that what I'm calling a "bug" GNU calls a "feature." GNU is implementing previously