On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Irek Szczesniak <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Irek Szczesniak <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:34:00 +0200 Irek Szczesniak wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:37:36 +0200 =?KOI8-R?B?z8zYx8Egy9LZ1sHOz9fTy8HR?= 
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>> >> Glenn, this clean up patch is still on hold, right?
>>>> >
>>>> > yes on hold
>>>
>>>> Can I ask why? We're talking about
>>>> astksh20130829_libcmd_at001.diff.txt, right? The patch which replaces
>>>> open() with openat() and sfopen() with sfopenat() and so on?
>>>
>>>> I have trouble understanding this because it should be a low risk patch.
>>>
>>> the problem is it only attacks part of libcmd
>>> fts, which is the basis for all ast directory traversal, needs to grok 
>>> *at() too,
>>> and its not as straightforward as the other parts
>>>
>>> why hold off on a partial patch?
>>> because based on past experience the day 2 mail flood will start with
>>> "none of the -R commands work"
>>
>> 1. Roland's mail says: "...I've avoided builtins which use fts for now
>> to avoid crashes between other work like the fts |*at()| work...". The
>> crash part confuses me but the patch itself is pretty clear.
>> 2. The -R commands - assuming you're referring to grep -r, cp -r, mv
>> -r ... - still work. And if I get the patch right they continue to
>> work as long as ((context)?context->pwdfd:AT_FDCWD) points to a
>> directory fd which is equal to the process's current working
>> directory.
>>
>> You don't like patches which do changes in multiple steps, do you?
>>
>> Irek
>>
>> P.S.: I'm not the one who will scream "bloody murder...none of the -R
>> commands work" if its clear that the patch which just went in is the
>> beginning of a patch series. I'd start screaming if someone announces
>> that the patch series is complete (its obvious that Roland's patch is
>> just taking on the easy parts) and then the -R commands don't work.
>
> Glenn, why again is this patch "on hold"?

Glenn, please...

Irek
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