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From: Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com>
To: David Engraf <david.engraf@sysgo.com>
Cc: "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	David Oberhollenzer <goliath@sigma-star.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mkfs.ubifs: Add support for symlinks in device table
Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 16:33:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFLxGvyeA5tJ+pGfiav7t3-c7omvByT1+yEy62-f3bJUrxMeHw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170518133854.20744-1-david.engraf@sysgo.com>

David,

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 3:38 PM, David Engraf <david.engraf@sysgo.com> wrote:
> It is not possible to change permissions and ownership for symlinks in the
> device table file. This patch adds support for symlinks equal to mkfs.jffs2
> and updates the sample device table file.

I'm confused, permissions of a symlink are irrelevant.
What is the usecase?

-- 
Thanks,
//richard

  reply	other threads:[~2017-05-18 14:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-18 13:38 [PATCH] mkfs.ubifs: Add support for symlinks in device table David Engraf
2017-05-18 14:33 ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2017-05-18 14:38   ` David Engraf
2017-05-18 14:47     ` Richard Weinberger
2017-05-18 15:03       ` David Engraf
2017-05-18 15:08         ` Richard Weinberger
2017-05-18 15:16           ` David Engraf
2017-05-18 15:27             ` Richard Weinberger
2017-05-18 15:43               ` Richard Weinberger
2017-05-19  6:13                 ` David Engraf
2017-05-19  8:24                   ` Richard Weinberger
2017-05-19  8:47                     ` David Engraf
2017-05-21 21:46                       ` Richard Weinberger
2017-05-23  6:52 ` [PATCH v2] " David Engraf
2017-05-31  9:04   ` David Oberhollenzer

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