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bug #63451: backup-files test failure due to difference in ln behavior

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Wed 30 Nov 2022 04:07:46 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  khali
Open/Closed:  Closed
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Tue 06 Dec 2022 03:58:32 PM UTC, comment #1: 
Jean Delvare <khali>
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Wed 30 Nov 2022 04:07:46 PM UTC, original submission:  

When running the Quilt 0.67 test suite on Solaris, I encountered the following error in 'backup-files' test:

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[238] $ $(@D)/quilt/scripts/backup-files -B backup/ -b dir/link -- failed
Copying dir/link                      == Copying dir/link
cp: cannot stat 'dir/link': No such file or directory != ~

This is because the ln defaults can be slightly different depending on the platform. While on Linux `ln` default to `ln -P`, on Solaris (and possibly other platforms) it defaults to `ln -L`.

It can be reproduced with the following anywhere:
$ ln -s link foo   # link doesn't exist
$ ln -L foo backup
ln: failed to access 'foo': No such file or directory
$ ln -P foo backup  # success

This difference is best resolved by explicitly using the `-P` flag (patch is attached).

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file #54043:  solaris.patch added by None (393B - text/x-patch)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2022-12-06 khali StatusIn Progress Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2022-12-01 khali StatusNone In Progress
        Assigned toNone khali
    2022-11-30 None Attached File- Added solaris.patch, #54043

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