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coreutils-8.14, "rm -r" fails with EBADF

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Message #104 received at 10305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 10305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Joachim Schmitz <jojo <at> schmitz-digital.de>,
	Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10305: coreutils-8.14, "rm -r" fails with EBADF
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:30:32 +0100

severity 10305 wishlist
tags 10305 + notabug
thanks

Eric Blake wrote:
> On 12/21/2011 11:42 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 12/21/11 08:27, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> maybe we should wrap opendir() so that the gnulib rpl_opendir()
>>> always opens a directory at the same time
>>
>> That sounds a bit drastic, but it may be necessary.
>>
>> How about this idea instead?  Use the following patch,
>> so that fts_build does not assume that dirfd works.
>>
>> POSIX does not require dirfd to work,
>
> Actually, the next version of POSIX _will_ require dirfd to work, so we
> may have to go with wrapping rpl_opendir anyways:
>
> http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=391
>
> But you are correct that older systems do not meet the future POSIX
> wording, so if your hack works, it's certainly simpler for the short term.

It is clear that this is not really a bug in coreutils,
but more an opportunity to (through gnulib) make fts, and thus rm
portable to this aspect of NonStop.

Marked as notabug and wishlist.

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