[PATCH] mkfs.ubifs: Add support for symlinks in device table

[Richard Weinberger]

David,

Am 18.05.2017 um 16:38 schrieb David Engraf:
>> I'm confused, permissions of a symlink are irrelevant.
>> What is the usecase?
>>
> 
> You're right the permissions are ignored for symlinks but the user and group id is used. Without this flag mkfs.ubifs takes uid/gid from the local system.

IMHO we can just force the uid/gid to 0, no?

Thanks,
//richard