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

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 00:34:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12339: Bug: rm -fr . doesn't dir depth first deletion yet it
	is documented to do so.
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:55:16 +0200

Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org> 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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