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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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: "Linda A. Walsh" <law <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: Jim Meyering <meyering <at> redhat.com>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, "12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#12339: [PATCH] rm: avoid bogus diagnostic for a slash-decorated symlink-to-dir
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:49:47 -0600

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On 09/04/2012 11:46 AM, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
> POSIX is portability standard -- it should not
> be regarded as a restrictive standard, unless not doing so would hinder
> portability.  In effect, they are disallowing OS's to make extensions
> beyond
> what they allow in the newer standards...

That's where you are wrong.  POSIX _does_ allow OS's to make extensions
beyond the standard.

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Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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