[Mono-bugs] [Bug 79887][Wis] Changed - DirectoryInfo doesn't honor symbolic links anymore

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Changed by dick at ximian.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=79887

--- shadow/79887	2006-11-10 12:51:25.000000000 -0500
+++ shadow/79887.tmp.13621	2006-11-10 13:34:07.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 Bug#: 79887
 Product: Mono: Class Libraries
 Version: 1.1
 OS: other
 OS Details: Mono 1.2rc0 OS/X 10.4.8
-Status: NEW   
-Resolution: 
+Status: RESOLVED   
+Resolution: NOTABUG
 Severity: Unknown
-Priority: Major
+Priority: Wishlist
 Component: System
 AssignedTo: mono-bugs at ximian.com                            
 ReportedBy: jwiegley at gmail.com               
 QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
 TargetMilestone: ---
 URL: 
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@
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 ------- Additional Comments From mail at meebey.net  2006-11-10 12:51 -------
 Works with Mono 1.1.18 but doesn't with Mono 1.2, tested on Linux.
 
+
+------- Additional Comments From dick at ximian.com  2006-11-10 13:34 -------
+See
+http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/symbolic_link_effects_on_file_systems_functions.asp
+for how ms plans to deal with symbolic links in future releases.
+
+Not all the mono io-layer code handles symlinks correctly according to
+that link, but the DirectoryInfo change is correct in its current
+behaviour.  A simple C test on windows also shows GetFileAttributes()
+called on a symlink to a directory returns info on the symlink.