mv symlink-to-dir/, debian bug feed

[Eric Blake]

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I've noticed that Jim just committed a patch based on a bug originally
reported through the debian tracker without any additional mention here:

http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commit;h=c0c8685
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343652

But regarding the patch, I'm wondering if an Austin Group interpretation
is needed here.  The next draft for POSIX has already tightened the
wording to make it clear that rename("dir", "newdir/") must fail with
ENOTDIR if newdir is not already a directory.  Likewise, it clarifies that
'mv dir newdir/' must fail (oops - coreutils 6.10 doesn't do that).
However, I still don't see any clarification on whether the Linux behavior
of rename("symlink-to-dir/", "newname") failing with ENOTDIR is valid.

Meanwhile, would it be worth subscribing bug-coreutils to the debian bug
feed list?  That way, this list would see bugs as they are reported, and
others besides Jim will be able to chime in with advice.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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