On Mon, 2021-04-12 at 11:12 -0600, home user wrote: > Isn't a dangling symlink a file system parallel to a dangling > pointer in a C/C++ program? A dangling pointer always points at something and is a clear and present danger if it's ever dereferenced. A dangling symlink doesn't point at anything. > What good, valid purpose is there for a > package to have a dangling symlink? I could imagine it being used as a kind of placeholder, but I wouldn't call it elegant. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
