[PATCH STABLE V2] opener: do not unlink symlinks on 'w'rite

[Christian Ebert]

* Adrian Buehlmann on Friday, November 26, 2010 at 10:29:38 +0100
> On 2010-11-25 23:55, Christian Ebert wrote:
>> * Adrian Buehlmann on Thursday, November 25, 2010 at 23:40:33 +0100
>>> # HG changeset patch
>>> # User Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com>
>>> # Date 1290708399 -3600
>>> # Branch stable
>>> # Node ID 0162f745b6ba9f422e22c71f03b0c7d91a17cacb
>>> # Parent  dd24f3e7ca9e68a49fd7f38803e4d98469cad6e4
>>> opener: do not unlink symlinks on 'w'rite
>>> 
>>> The current code replaces symlinks with a normal file on 'w'rite.
>>> 
>>> This patch restores the pre 1.7.1 behavior, which preserves symlinks.
>> 
>> I will try to get on your nerves again ;-) test-hardlinks.t
>> throws an error with this patch on MacOS X:
> 
> Nice try indeed (to get on my nerves). But it's hardly a Mac OS X
> problem :). Read on.
[...]
 
> Yeah. It fails in the same way on Linux if I apply the patch on the
> default branch :)
> 
> Please apply it on the stable branch. The patch is for stable, not default.

As the STABLE flag clearly indicates. Duh. Thank you for the
reading lesson, and sorry for the noise.

And, yes, the test passes in stable, even on MacOS X, and even on
my machine ;-)

c
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