Bug#107826: can not create file through a dangling symlink

[Roland McGrath]

> Oh, well there was the person who showed the technique to me.  I think
> it was Lee Ward.  There have been many who copied it from me.

Well, I would tend to suspect that today all those people are using a
system like Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, or anything else
claiming Unix98 compatibility, and have thus had to adapt to the
unavailability of this technique.