GNU bug report logs - #32796
please consider using renameat2 from glibc if available

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Johannes Schauer <josch <at> debian.org>

Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 32796 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Johannes Schauer <josch <at> debian.org>, 32796 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32796: please consider using renameat2 from glibc if available
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:42:37 -0700

Johannes Schauer wrote:
> This problem could be solved by coreutils using the glibc renameat2 function in
> glibc version 2.28 and newer.

Yes, that's on my list of things to do. It's not high priority, though, so if 
you want it done faster you can write up and test the code and submit a patch 
(hint, hint).
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