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SubjectRE: Linux 2.1.125 doesn't dump core on SIGSEGV
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From: Chris Wedgwood [mailto:chris@cybernet.co.nz]

>Implicit O_NOFOLLOW when we use O_CREAT|O_EXCL is a somewhat
>arbitrary rule which we will no longer need - so IMO, removing this
>`restriction' is the right thing to do.

FWIW, the 2.1.127 behavior wrt O_CREAT|O_EXCL is exactly what we implemented
here at Tandem and what Solaris does -- if a symbolic link with the
specified name exists, the operation fails with EEXIST.

Tom
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COMPAQ Computer Corporation
Enterprise Computing Group
Tandem Division
206-546-7769 (Telephone and Fax)
tom.eastep@tandem.com

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