DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 delorie.com 5195fIA03623401 Authentication-Results: delorie.com; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: delorie.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cygwin.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 delorie.com 5195fIA03623401 Authentication-Results: delorie.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=cygwin.com header.i=@cygwin.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=SUfrdhE+ X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org CD5A7385843F DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1739079676; bh=FnfSHBb8G100PtSnInzKeATpzmDj8N8HVHQQJPPbo8s=; h=Date:To:Subject:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post: List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:From; b=SUfrdhE+f+kI2FnQr+JZFxtbul6ze5z92xsE+gDS8wuK8FWZ0mYq/EgpltgMDKAi4 Hq6SFo3sdiZlMGYOc7+dyALQZ0HGukjpfdYnpEJFw1OSlGGAcwER/2XnlqQi5KtXEU 1jV03rYCBCeVxFgfdsUF6OBAWZ3YSYHJj2xe9KFg= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 24D54385840D ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 24D54385840D ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1739079618; cv=none; b=RmieTBAUrbmnOIyUBcRqdXAz56jtdMyHyawyq2ezRyDf9B47SOawyVTUsiImq09xek0RhlFxx2n6XwpkRKdrvaaLwGORfiz0PP4/COTpUw8h/TJ95ajHwHAGhjq9yWHc66pXMYFnkDzgd53zqyo3pJlVD34U864MTgaJHyYKqBE= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1739079618; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Dyuwg07DbI8MVowZg/kTOdmoJUgN5+gn7d20CDFl4Pk=; h=DKIM-Signature:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:To:From:Subject; b=jqYKe1PHg2DCg4NNHXFamSVzNLY3R/2DRL550ZQbiXFb8irfF4EPisYBFtMFjMc1Wf7mVaggk9qYBQYDR7Cec46/5jE1CIGfXGaVlO1/gTv7RPuyssEah9DoX+IIKpLsO9Xyj3JDyWEsZ9ujKlBKh0UevArFGZaayQaSFX0ADeQ= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 24D54385840D X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1739079617; x=1739684417; h=content-transfer-encoding:subject:from:to:content-language :user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id:x-gm-message-state:from:to :cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=AX8L7ekJoGO3UdcUUVclZt8Y8wpGzC9P193ABUuOPpU=; b=oLXp60CxXrEHw1yOcH14fcVYDi91xbJ9J0k8OnK56rmHXE4iIUwkojOyHjc9Hpdw0b sUC9fGSxKvb1D3xMJoNFThqYKfQ6FyUogLp5YGIvEqHvQy27P7D++CqziE8HMHBPzIFu PwYrmkA/LDLkVt5dinSYAehNvNxOtqx+nX+hR7QH+U1COtFnAm2cSN5Ec1+gK/tZekvz LDSWv8Sx9ikqR93tBDn1ZAIPZ56090PF347jthsX/Ky4o8gh/86NbNTT7uVM3n1GyY/5 Xw3sHDXKEknM3WCBstu9Wb+v0hurkFmU/GmIzIYEMSf4P7lCLDrNUCjf6IrHk6B+0EB2 ncTA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzpFZUL9jrJr5kpGl+ogMZyNXJZ8iygVExjxKijdX0TFzE3+HH8 zAqGj9/LLF+VCWmQmVroHmv2IPHfEb+2+52ZIxIEwRH2t5wnLlZwxQvCww== X-Gm-Gg: ASbGnctsZGAHn5qj1xlBnd1cuvbFRySkV5igYqsCGj5dGIKBTlDTLfWRaCCY+vRRsWF f21p9MuBpVAwEnmtP0yrt2LiJvVj9x3IAaaAFGlyk+N/ThpfjGyROcoHfE8y/IHqUxxEUT21vnf h0bXr4mxwmgRQqRtV+3ympzMp/4TsflVBEz+4b3a7hXnicVQTcqv40edL5f4SjMc8L7jztX+qjf +VLRWTRjbRErRRYsp/z/Dq1IGslvfD0ksGAFNLJdv8urnM/iw9kKx6tWJ+5wlny+Y5fjriXAVZP rqIs2G+bOeA1eDP+xNcswaDKiD8FAUZdVxGEb1lrE246zL4u/VweQHs4tQFxAi2nmAVoJGSoqQ= = X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IH9p7YiseXm7k23SvWW/jcL2JNTVbX/9uehm8sGQ5/9e+U5B9UiSPv4haxnRMjevp6d6osyzQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:1d0d:b0:436:1be4:c9b4 with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-439249ca9b5mr62391045e9.27.1739079616496; Sat, 08 Feb 2025 21:40:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7a4548d3-b614-4498-8ad5-50080e708bff@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 06:40:15 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Subject: [maintainer] coreutils-9.0-1: "ln -fs" bug X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Marco Atzeri via Cygwin Reply-To: Marco Atzeri Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Sender: "Cygwin" Noticed today, not sure it is new nor that is Cygwin specific. It can create unrequested circular links, to replicate: $ cd /tmp $ mkdir dirA $ mkdir dirB $ cd dirA $ ln -fs /tmp/dirB dirB $ ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 marco marco 9 Feb 9 06:33 dirB -> /tmp/dirB $ cd dirB $ ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 marco marco 7 Feb 9 06:25 dirB -> ../dirB I built nothing in dirB, but now there is inside a circular link to itself. It only happens with "ln -fs" not with "ln -s" Regards Marco -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple