Magnus Holmgren wrote: >> The code (/src/lookups/dsearch.c) says that stat() is used because the OS
>> scans the directory faster than Exim could. And strangely, I can only
>> find a stat() call (and not an lstat() call), but the behaviour is like
>> lstat().
>
> From my reading of lstat(2), it's the other way around. lstat() stats the
> link itself, whereas stat() follows the link. Thus, what you want *is*
> lstat().
You're right, I was confused by the stat binary (where `stat` means lstat(),
and `stat -L` means stat() ...). I'm going to file a bug report an this.
