#4898 NORM Never A: OFW can't follow certain relative symlinks.

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#4898: OFW can't follow certain relative symlinks.
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  Reporter:  cscott               |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
      Type:  defect               |      Status:  new              
  Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Never Assigned   
 Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:                   
Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                   
  Verified:  0                    |  
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Comment(by wmb at firmworks.com):

 Fixed by trac 727.  The problem was the lack of support for "." and ".."
 as pathname components.  Unlike some other filesystems, JFFS2 does not
 have explicit directory entries for "." and ".."; they must be handled as
 special cases.

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