mtree [was Re: CVS commit: src]

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> And also slightly related: we need a way to mark directories as
> optional in the mtree files (or have a way to provide several
> alternative options).  Typical issue: /var/shm is a symlink on most
> of my smaller machines, but it is impossible to make such setups pass
> the mtree tests.

Maybe a way to mark an entry as, effectively, "use stat() instead of
lstat() when checking this entry"?

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