Re: [debian-knoppix] symlinks destroyed in V3.2-2003-07-26
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:36:12PM +0200, Baeckeroot alain wrote:
> Hello Knoppix world
>
> First I want to thanks KK for the really nice job of knoppix3.2
>
> I have installed the latest knoppix-v3.2-2003-07-26 (whith kernel 2.4.21-xfs)
> and I thinks i have a huge bug or misconfiguration:
>
> my symlinks are replaced by the file when I use "vi" (or gvim):
>
> $ touch toto
> $ ln -s toto titi
> $ ll
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 al2 al2 4 2003-08-22 22:29 titi -> toto
> -rw-r--r-- 1 al2 al2 0 2003-08-22 22:29 toto
> $ vi titi (I only do :wq == write + quit)
> $ ll
> total 0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 al2 al2 0 2003-08-22 22:29 titi
> -rw-r--r-- 1 al2 al2 0 2003-08-22 22:29 toto
Actually, this behaviour of vim is correct. Otherwise, it would not be
possible to overwrite files in /etc that are symlinks to files on the
CD-Rom. Check /etc/vim/vimrc for an option that says "set nobackup". If
you comment this out, vim will not unlink the file prior to overwriting,
and you will have to manually delete files in /etc prior to :wq!, if
they are symlinks to files on CD.
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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