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ls still incompatible

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From: Roland McGrath
Date: Sat, 13 May 1989 21:20
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The -D flag added in GNU ls 1.5 doesn't do the right thing.

The only change I wanted was that if `foo' is a symlink to
directory `bar', and I say "ls foo", I want it to act as if
I said "ls bar".  Adding a flag for this is OK.
The -D flag implies -L, which I don't want.
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From: mcgrath%tully.Berkeley.EDU@GINGER.BERKELEY.EDU (Roland McGrath)
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Subject: ls still incompatible
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