Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12904: canonical fails for relative symbolic link on NTFS

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12904: canonical fails for relative symbolic link on NTFS
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-14 16:36:46

#12904: canonical fails for relative symbolic link on NTFS
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  Reporter:  Matthias@…  |      Owner:  bemandawes
      Type:  Bugs        |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  To Be       |  Component:  filesystem
  Determined             |   Severity:  Problem
   Version:  Boost       |   Keywords:  filesystem canonical symbolic link
  1.63.0                 |  symlink assert
Resolution:              |
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Comment (by Matthias@…):

 Additional information

 In {{{operations.cpp, line 855}}} it declares {{{link}}} and creates it by
 calling {{{detail::read_symlink(result, ec)}}}
 {{{result}}} is {{{"C:"}}} in my case, {{{ec}}} is {{{nullptr}}}
 {{{link}}} will correctly be created as {{{"x64.Debug"}}}
 Then it calls {{{result.remove_filename();}}} which leads to an empty
 {{{result}}} in my case and that's the reason why {{{path
 new_source(result)}}} also gives an empty {{{new_source}}} (in {{{line
 868}}} - which looks wrong to me...

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/12904#comment:1>
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