Subject: Re: bug#10305: coreutils-8.14, "rm -r" fails with EBADF

From: Eric Blake <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:48:02 -0600

On 07/20/2012 08:42 AM, Joachim Schmitz wrote:
>>> Huh? 8.17 is old? It's the latest I could get and still has src/su.c.
>>> Anyway, that patch isn't needed for NonStop anyway, as we need an
>>> entirely different authentication method.
>>
>> It's removed in git, for the upcoming 8.18 release.
>> When you (or anyone) submit patches, we prefer that they be against the
> latest
>> in git.  See the file, HACKING, for coreutils contribution guidelines.
> 
> First I'd need to get git ported to NonStop, this is on my todolist already.

Do you have shared network drives?  It is sufficient to do a git
checkout on another system where git is already ported, then copy the
files over to your nonstop system, without you having to directly port
git to nonstop.

> 
> Would you accept git pull requests?

They certainly make it easier to review large patch series.

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