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SubjectRe: More than 5 symlinks
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Urs Thuermann wrote:
>
> > Linux-2.1.x and 2.2.0-prex only follow 5 symlinks. This is not enough
> > in some environments. I patch each kernel I install to follow 20
> > symlinks which is the same as in SunOS and Solaris.
> >
> > I'd like to see this patch make it into 2.2.0
>
> OK, are you sure that *following* such a chain with your patch
> applied you will not get a kernel stack overflow?

Hmmm. I for one is not sure... 20 levels of symlinks?! I think there's
need for some rewriting of code for that to work. But I don't know. But
shouldn't we at least support the POSIX-standard (8 if I'm not all
wrong)?!

/David Weinehall
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