Re: symbolinc links bug

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i586-mandrake-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.05
> Patch Level: 1
> Release Status: release
> 
> Repeat-By:
> [vitaly@uranus tmp]$ mkdir -p a/b
> [vitaly@uranus tmp]$ mkdir -p a/c
> [vitaly@uranus tmp]$ ln -s a/b d
> [vitaly@uranus tmp]$ cd d
> [vitaly@uranus d]$ cd ../c

You know, by any reasonable interpretation, and according to POSIX.2,
this should fail unless you use `cd -P'.  I'm not sure that the shell
isn't doing users a disservice by succeeding here.

I'll probably make this fail in a future bash version.

Chet

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