Summary
read-symbolic-link canonicalization of a non-link
Metadata
- Id: 1e8be320e502a30c392083d496bc105343f01244
- Trac id: 415
- Type: enhancement
- Reporter: zbigniew
- Owner: felix
- Cc:
- Status: closed
- Component: core libraries
- Estimated difficulty:
- Resolution: fixed
- Priority: not urgent at all
- Milestone: 4.9.0
- Version: 4.6.x
- Changetime: 2012-09-24 21:47:48 UTC
- Created: 2010-10-22 05:59:59 UTC
- Keywords: read-symbolic-link canon fodder
Description
In "canonicalize" mode, read-symbolic-link resolves symlinks recursively until a non-link is returned. However, if you pass it a non-link to start, it will throw an error. In my opinion, it should treat this as a base case and return the non-link instead of throwing an error.
Changes and comments
[2010-10-22 08:14:31 UTC] felix changed status from new to accepted
[2010-10-22 08:14:31 UTC] felix set owner to felix
[2010-10-22 10:04:12 UTC] zbigniew wrote:
That was fast. ;)
[2010-10-25 07:53:09 UTC] felix changed status from accepted to closed
[2010-10-25 07:53:09 UTC] felix set resolution to fixed
[2011-06-01 09:00:41 UTC] felix changed milestone from 4.7.0 to 4.8.0
[2011-06-01 09:00:41 UTC] felix wrote:
Milestone 4.7.0 deleted
[2012-09-24 21:47:48 UTC] felix wrote:
Milestone 4.8.0 deleted