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-rw-r--r--ubifs-utils/mkfs.ubifs/devtable.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ubifs-utils/mkfs.ubifs/devtable.c b/ubifs-utils/mkfs.ubifs/devtable.c
index dee035d..3b46abc 100644
--- a/ubifs-utils/mkfs.ubifs/devtable.c
+++ b/ubifs-utils/mkfs.ubifs/devtable.c
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@
* c Character special device file
* b Block special device file
* p Fifo (named pipe)
+ * l Link
*
- * Don't bother with symlinks (permissions are irrelevant), hard links (special
- * cases of regular files), or sockets (why bother).
+ * Don't bother with hard links (special cases of regular files), or sockets
+ * (why bother).
*
* Regular files must exist in the target root directory. If a char, block,
* fifo, or directory does not exist, it will be created.
@@ -177,6 +178,11 @@ static int interpret_table_entry(const char *line)
case 'b':
mode |= S_IFBLK;
break;
+ case 'l':
+ mode |= S_IFLNK;
+ if ((mode & 0777) != 0777)
+ return err_msg("link permission must be 0777");
+ break;
default:
return err_msg("unsupported file type '%c'", type);
}