GNU bug report logs - #16669
rm: inconsistent 'rm -ir' prompting behavior (POSIX issue)

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 16:40:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed

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Message #17 received at 16669 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 16669 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16669: inconsistent 'rm -ir' prompting behavior
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:34:08 -0600
(triaging old bugs)

Eric, Pádraig,

On 06/02/14 10:44 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 02/06/2014 04:39 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On today's Austin Group call, we discussed
>> http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=802 regarding 'rm' behavior.
>>

Was there ever a resolution (or a committed fix)
for the "rm -ir" issue in:
  https://bugs.gnu.org/16669


-assaf





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