GNU bug report logs - #39929
coreutils-8.32 fails to build on aarch64

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 16:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 39929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>, 39929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39929: coreutils-8.32 fails to build on aarch64
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 17:27:16 -0800

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On 3/5/20 1:43 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Why is this code even there at all? If readdir(3) says that the current 
> directory has no entries, shouldn't 'ls' just say that? Why should ls 
> report an error simply because the current directory isn't reachable 
> from the filesystem? Whether the current directory is unreachable has 
> nothing to do with ls's job, which is to report whether the current 
> directory has entries.

Attached is a proposed patch to fix this.

[0001-ls-restore-8.31-behavior-on-removed-directories.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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