[BusyBox-cvs] [BusyBox 0000225]: Implement support for -S and -b flags to `ln' binary.

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<http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=225> 
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Reported By:                matt
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   225
Category:                   New Features
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             04-16-2005 10:44 PDT
Last Modified:              04-18-2005 08:46 PDT
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Summary:                    Implement support for -S and -b flags to `ln'
binary.
Description: 
The patch I posted at:
http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2005-April/014171.html implements
support for ln -S [backup suffix] and ln -b [make backup].  These flags
are used heavily by debian pre and post install scripts.

The patch is also attached to this message.
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 felipek - 04-16-05 21:49 
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IMHO it would be nice to ifdef the code with something like
"GNU_EXTENSIONS".

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 matt - 04-18-05 08:46 
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An updated patch is attached which updates ln -s and ln -B support based on
suggestions from the busybox mailing list and on new information from GNU
coreutils behaviour.

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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04-16-05 10:44 matt           New Issue                                    
04-16-05 10:44 matt           File Added: busybox_ln-bS.diff                    
04-16-05 10:49 matt           Issue Monitored: matt                        
04-16-05 21:49 felipek        Note Added: 0000170                          
04-18-05 08:46 matt           Note Added: 0000175                          
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