linux-kernel - Re: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

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Message-ID: <20070928183025.GW8181@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:30:25 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Ken Schmidt <kenneth.schmidt@....gov>
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:16:01AM -0700, Ken Schmidt wrote:
> Variant symlinks add the ability to embed variables in to the contents of symbolic links so their targets can change based on outside sources (user environment, uts, filesystems, etc.)

NAK - it's too ugly to live.
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