From 3ecabaa9f7c0f6cf5d38391c5e38580d798802fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "jimw@mysql.com" <>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:59:04 -0800
Subject: Don't try to create a symlink if the DATA DIRECTORY specified for a
 table is the same as the normal datadir for that database. (Bug #8707)

---
 mysys/my_symlink2.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'mysys')

diff --git a/mysys/my_symlink2.c b/mysys/my_symlink2.c
index 913f632fbb4..80dca7d56ac 100644
--- a/mysys/my_symlink2.c
+++ b/mysys/my_symlink2.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ File my_create_with_symlink(const char *linkname, const char *filename,
   int tmp_errno;
   /* Test if we should create a link */
   int create_link;
+  char abs_linkname[FN_REFLEN];
   DBUG_ENTER("my_create_with_symlink");
 
   if (my_disable_symlinks)
@@ -42,7 +43,11 @@ File my_create_with_symlink(const char *linkname, const char *filename,
       filename= linkname;
   }
   else
-    create_link= (linkname && strcmp(linkname,filename));    
+  {
+    if (linkname)
+      my_realpath(&abs_linkname, linkname, MYF(0));
+    create_link= (linkname && strcmp(abs_linkname,filename));
+  }
 
   if (!(MyFlags & MY_DELETE_OLD))
   {
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