[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #8858: [mimeset] silently fails on symlinks
- From: "anevilyak" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:05:08 -0000
#8858: [mimeset] silently fails on symlinks
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Reporter: diver | Owner: anevilyak
Type: bug | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Servers/registrar | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Changes (by anevilyak):
* status: new => assigned
* component: Kits/Storage Kit => Servers/registrar
Comment:
It turns out that it is actually succeeding ; at identifying the link
itself. The registrar opens the supplied ref such that it's not followed
if it's a link. As a consequence, the sniffer is only run on the link
itself, which obviously just gets identified as a symlink. I'd propose
that if the ref upon which a mime update is requested is a link, then we
also update info for its target, since that's the more likely behavior
anticipated by the user. Will leave the ticket open for now in case anyone
objects/has an alternative suggestion, otherwise I have a trivial patch
which would handle the above change.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/8858#comment:1>
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