gen_init_cpio vs. symlink support

From: Samium Gromoff
Date: Mon Dec 27 2004 - 14:47:25 EST


It sucks that gen_init_cpio treats symlinks as regular files.
It is even dictated by the initramfs format description which has no
special case for symlinks.

Makes the whole thing useless for some major scenarios.

regards, Samium Gromoff
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