GNU bug report logs - #25680
[PATCH] copy: Avoid race when creating hard link over recently-created file

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Mike Crowe <mac <at> mcrowe.com>

Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 19:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 25680-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mike Crowe <mac <at> mcrowe.com>
Cc: 25680-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25680: [PATCH] copy: Avoid race when creating hard link over
 recently-created file
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 23:20:24 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Mike Crowe wrote:
> Do you think that if I added such a limit and diagnostic then the patch
> would be acceptable?

I'd rather fix the underlying problem more systematically. How about the 
attached patch instead? I've installed this on Savannah so you can give it a 
whirl easily. It fixes the problem for me so I'm boldly marking this bug report 
as done; we can unmark it later if it turns out that I'm wrong.

[0001-ln-replace-destination-links-more-atomically.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 101 days ago.

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