GNU bug report logs - #11100
Racy code in copy.c

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Philipp Thomas <pth <at> suse.de>

Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 11074

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 11100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philipp Thomas <pth <at> suse.de>
To: 11100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11100: Racy code in copy.c
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 15:20:59 +0200

* Jim Meyering (jim <at> meyering.net) [20120328 18:09]:

> At first glance, that might be reasonable: the additional open
> is incurred only after a failed stat.
> I'll look more closely in a week or two if no one else investigates.

Ping, it's been more than two weeks and I'm being bugged for a possible
solution and will refrain from making changes that aren't accepted upstream.

Philipp
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