Thanks for your response.

So, if this is the case then the behavior of the function is essentially
this: given a set of inputs it returns a number. Given the same set of
inputs again, it may return the same number or it may return a
completely different number. It is basically undeterministic, since it
is impossible to guarantee that nobody outside of my control will change
the files on the file system. Why would you want it to behave this way
instead of returning the same value every time for the same (path, id)
pair?

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767097

Title:
  ftok() returns different result for same (path, id) pair if the inode
  of the file is changed

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/1767097/+subscriptions

-- 
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

Reply via email to