The following reply was made to PR bin/139606; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Garrett Cooper <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Cc:
Subject: Re: bin/139606: [patch] pkg_add(1) coredumps silently on atlantis
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:44:06 -0700
Hi PHK,
The goals of this change are good and while this does do a better
job than the other proposed change (bin/136419), there's one solitary
problem: fexists is used all over the pkg_install code and minus the
occasional corner case it's been relatively glitch free. Changing this
code to use stat(2) instead of lstat(2) may have some unexpected
consequences -- it would probably just be a wiser idea to 1) leave the
code alone with the issue documented or 2) implement stat(2) in that
section of code, because we know it's a problem section of code that
needs to be resolved. Not doing this will result in potential
regressive churn if it hasn't been adequately tested with a fine tooth
comb.
Thanks,
-Garrett
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