tests/chown/deref.sh
#!/bin/sh
# For coreutils-5.2.1 and earlier, chown --dereference would skip
# symlinks having owner/group matching the specified owner/group.

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. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ chown

ln -s no-such dangle || framework_failure_


set _ $(ls -ldo dangle); shift; user=$3

# With 5.2.1 and earlier, this command would mistakenly succeed.
chown --dereference $user dangle 2> out1 && fail=1
sed 's/: [^:]*$//' out1 > out

cat <<\EOF > exp || framework_failure_
chown: cannot dereference 'dangle'
EOF

compare exp out || fail=1

Exit $fail
