Subject: | Follows symlinks in an unfortunate fashion. |
Date: | Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:13:33 -0800 |
To: | bug-ack [...] rt.cpan.org |
From: | Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell [...] digitalkingdom.org> |
ack follows symlinks if they point to directories, and this can't be
turned off. In the main place that I want to use ack, near-infinite
symlink loops abound, and they're supposed to be there, so I can't
use it.
Please give a flag to stop following directory symlinks!
-Robin
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