[debsums] 01/01: explain why symlink loop triggers a die

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commit 37366fc9fe8db68612e42a3027f1f7382af7637d
Author: Dominique Dumont <dod at debian.org>
Date:   Wed May 3 18:39:15 2017 +0200

    explain why symlink loop triggers a die
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 debsums | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/debsums b/debsums
index 6043a1e..4b14f86 100755
--- a/debsums
+++ b/debsums
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ sub resolve_path {
         }
         my $fp = $root . '/' . join('/', @parts) . '/' . $token;
         if ($seen{$fp}) {
+            # better die now with a clear error message then later
+            # with a sysopen fails
             die "$self: Error: symlink loop detected in path '$path'. ",
                 "Please file a bug again $package.\n";
         }

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