On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 17:12 -0500, Tom Haynes wrote:
> Is this an artifact of the existing code inside walk() or from the new
> feature?
Both.
> I.e., I can't find a crisp definition of what threats the original
> code dealt with - I've heard that it handles symlinks and when a
> subtree is moved.
It's premature to change the existing code until you can explain both
the problem it's trying to solve and the way it's getting it wrong.
We can do better than rumor and superstition.
I suggest looking at the change history of the source file and reading
all the CR's for past changes.
- Bill
