On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 07:53:24AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
>
> POSIX states that applications must not rely on such pass-through:
> http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=168
> 
> So while it might indeed be useful to pass through invalid names, such
> an application is broken for expecting it to work, and I'm okay with
> this patch as-is.

Great.  From a security point of view I'd rather not pass them
through.

Cheers,
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