Bug#339541: Bug is bad use of `readlink' in `ucf' triggered by dangling link

"Steinar H. Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here's a patch to do that; before configure, it checks for the > existence of the given symlink, and if it exists, removes > it. Testing would be appreciated. Thanks for the patch, I'm uploading a package with something similar now. Some notes

Bug#339541: Bug is bad use of `readlink' in `ucf' triggered by dangling link

tags 339541 + patch thanks On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 12:18:32PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >The current gnus package should be made to try to fix this up. The >best thing is probably to try to look only for the specific >erroneous link (eg, compare the output of readlink with the fixed >

Bug#339541: Bug is bad use of `readlink' in `ucf' triggered by dangling link

clone 339541 -1 reassign -1 ucf retitle -1 ucf takes not enough care using readlink -f tags -1 + patch reassign 339541 gnus retitle 339541 gnus should clean up old absurd /etc site-start.d link thanks I have this bug too. I have investigated and conclude that it is caused as follows: * On my sy