Subject: bug#12339: Bug: rm -fr . doesn't dir depth first deletion yet it is documented to do so.

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:55:16 +0200

Linda Walsh <[email-masked]> writes:

> 	But you fail to follow the earlier stated POSIX
> requirement:

You failed to read the second paragraph:

    If either of the files dot or dot-dot are specified as the basename
    portion of an operand (that is, the final pathname component) or if
    an operand resolves to the root directory, rm shall write a
    diagnostic message to standard error and do nothing more with such
    operands.

Andreas.

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