[TYPO3-core] RFC: Treat symlinks as executable

[Peter Niederlag]

Hi,

Michael Stucki schrieb:
> This is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Problem:
> There are various places where programs are checked for being executable.
> However, this does not work if the program is just a symlink.
> 
> This is usually needed in larger hosting environments when
> safe_mode_exec_dir is used and allowed programs are placed in a special
> directory. Currently they would all need to be copied, hence they won't be
> upgraded automatically by the systems package manager.
> 
> Solution:
> If is_executable() is false, check using is_link() and accept this as well.
> 
> Branches: TYPO3_4-0 and Trunk

+1
sounds and looks reasonable

Greets,
Peter
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