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diff --git a/tests/touch/dangling-symlink b/tests/touch/dangling-symlink new file mode 100755 index 0000000..2f43902 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/touch/dangling-symlink @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# Make sure touch can create a file through a dangling symlink. +# This was broken in the 4.0[e-i] test releases. + +# Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. + +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. + +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA +# 02110-1301, USA. + +if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then + set -x + touch --version +fi + +rm -f touch-target t-symlink +ln -s touch-target t-symlink +fail=0 + +# This used to infloop. +touch t-symlink || fail=1 + +test -f touch-target || fail=1 +rm -f touch-target t-symlink + +if test $fail = 1; then + case $host_triplet in + *linux-gnu*) + case "`uname -r`" in + 2.3.9[0-9]*) + cat 1>&2 <<EOF +==================================================== +$0: WARNING!!! +This version of the Linux kernel causes touch to fail +when operating on dangling symlinks. +==================================================== +EOF + exit 77 + ;; + esac + ;; + esac +fi + +exit $fail |