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Preserve hard & symbolic links when modifying source file
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Authored by emaste on Jan 26 2015, 6:50 PM.
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Strip is often used to modify existing files, rather than creating new files. If the existing file has hard links or is a symbolic link, act as if editing the file in place and preserve the links.

Reported by: luigi (on FreeBSD-current)

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emaste retitled this revision from to Preserve hard & symbolic links when modifying source file.
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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jan 28 2015, 7:24 AM
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Closed by commit rS277843 (authored by @emaste).