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bin/43751: ls -L is broken



>Number:         43751
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ls -L returns wrong exit code
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 12 18:55:00 +0000 2010
>Originator:     heas%sea.shrubbery.net@localhost
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.37
>Organization:
        
>Environment:
        
        
System: NetBSD sea 5.99.37 NetBSD 5.99.37 (GENERIC) #3: Wed Jul 28 19:07:07 UTC 
2010 root@roome:/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
ls -L should return non-zero exit code if the target of a symlink does
not exist.  I think this changed within a month or so.
>How-To-Repeat:
netbsd% ln -s /nonexistent 
netbsd% ls -L nonexistent
nonexistent
netbsd% echo $?
0
netbsd% ls /nonexistent 
ls: /nonexistent: No such file or directory

netbsd4.99% ln -s /nonexistent
netbsd4.99% ls -L !$
ls -L /nonexistent
ls: /nonexistent: No such file or directory
netbsd4.99% echo $?
1

solaris% ln -s /nonexistent
solaris% ls -L /nonexistent
ls: cannot access /nonexistent: No such file or directory
solaris% echo $?
2

>Fix:
Haven't looked into it yet.  Recent changes to src/bin/ls seem innocuous.

>Unformatted:
        
        


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