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[Bug libc/1062] sysdeps/generic/glob.c merge from gnulib (part 3 of 3)
- From: "derek at ximbiot dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 24 Sep 2007 18:29:01 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/1062] sysdeps/generic/glob.c merge from gnulib (part 3 of 3)
- References: <20050712071500.1062.eggert@gnu.org>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From derek at ximbiot dot com 2007-09-24 18:29 -------
Yes, changes to semantics are likely to be controversial and I am very sorry I
missed my chance to say something BEFORE GLIBC's glob was altered to stop
matching "*" to broken symlinks, counter to the POSIX specification.
Now that it has been changed, I am very interested in participating in a
discussion about changing it back. Could you direct me to the correct list and
could we have it out in a larger forum before closing this issue again?
Would it be an acceptable compromise if I was to alter and resubmit the attached
patch such that glob would only exhibit the POSIX behavior when GLOB_POSIX,
GLOB_BROKEN_SYMLINKS, or some other such flag is passed in?
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What |Removed |Added
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Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED
Resolution|INVALID |
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