Do not expect this to be fixed in coreutils. There is no generally better solution I am aware of. You have in fact two choices - either give up broken checking of broken symlink at all, or wait some time for the symlinks to be checked. Consider using timeout(1) utility to not wait indefinitely in that case.
-- ls --color hangs for directories linked from network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264313 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
