GNU bug report logs - #39364
[PATCH] rmdir: fix clobbered errno

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Message #14 received at 39364 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 39364 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Matthew Pfeiffer <spferical <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#39364: [PATCH] rmdir: fix clobbered errno
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 22:32:42 -0800

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On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 9:55 AM Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com> wrote:
> ...
> This looks like a regression introduced in v6.10-21-ged5c4e7
> I.E. is_empty_dir() is globbering errno, and thus
> a non specific and non terminating warning is output,
> rather than a specific error, and exit.

FTR, here's a minimal test addition that exercises the bug. Succeeds
on 6.10, fails on 6.11:

[rmdir-test-addition.diff (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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