Subject: bug#16669: inconsistent 'rm -ir' prompting behavior

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:03:50 -0800

On 02/06/2014 08:39 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> should I also allow for an optimization of omitting the second prompt
> for a known non-empty directory

I would, yes.  Thanks for catching that.

> (known because of a negative answer to
> prompts on its children)
It might also be known because of a failed attempt to remove a child, 
and this optimization should be allowed as well.