On 4/13/21 3:17 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
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.
ok, that makes sense.
> 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.
agreed.