The following reply was made to PR lib/30664; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
To: netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org, gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org,
	tech-kern@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: lib/30664: realpath and magic symlinks
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:31:41 -0400 (EDT)

 > per-node can also be the reason for using [magic symlinks/names].
 > While they can be confusing, I think they also can be very useful.
 
 I would challenge you to find _any_ facility that can reasonably called
 "very useful" that cannot also be confusing if misused.
 
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