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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/link.c b/lib/link.c
index 1b0fe0a0e9..b58eb25bc3 100644
--- a/lib/link.c
+++ b/lib/link.c
@@ -155,9 +155,20 @@ link (const char *file1, const char *file2)
int
rpl_link (char const *file1, char const *file2)
{
+ size_t len1;
+ size_t len2;
+ struct stat st;
+
+ /* Don't allow IRIX to dereference dangling file2 symlink. */
+ if (!lstat (file2, &st))
+ {
+ errno = EEXIST;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
/* Reject trailing slashes on non-directories. */
- size_t len1 = strlen (file1);
- size_t len2 = strlen (file2);
+ len1 = strlen (file1);
+ len2 = strlen (file2);
if ((len1 && file1[len1 - 1] == '/')
|| (len2 && file2[len2 - 1] == '/'))
{
@@ -165,7 +176,6 @@ rpl_link (char const *file1, char const *file2)
If stat() fails, then link() should fail for the same reason
(although on Solaris 9, link("file/","oops") mistakenly
succeeds); if stat() succeeds, require a directory. */
- struct stat st;
if (stat (file1, &st))
return -1;
if (!S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
@@ -178,7 +188,6 @@ rpl_link (char const *file1, char const *file2)
{
/* Fix Cygwin 1.5.x bug where link("a","b/.") creates file "b". */
char *dir = strdup (file2);
- struct stat st;
char *p;
if (!dir)
return -1;