Subject: Re: bug#34700: rm refuses to remove files owned by the user, even in force mode

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:27:20 -0600

tags 34700 notabug
severity 34700 wishlist
retitle: rm: add new --force option deal with read-only directories
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Hello,
As explained by several people in this thread,
This is not a bug in "rm -f", but the mandated behavior.

Bob and others provided work-arounds ( https://bugs.gnu.org/34700#17 ).

As for adding a new "--really-force" option
(https://bugs.gnu.org/34700#11) - I'm marking this as a wish-list
item.

-assaf