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Re: [PATCH] Fix hang if $OLDPWD points to inaccessible directory
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Eduardo A . Bustamante López |
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Re: [PATCH] Fix hang if $OLDPWD points to inaccessible directory |
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Fri, 29 Sep 2017 06:17:45 -0500 |
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NeoMutt/20170609 (1.8.3) |
On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 11:12:59AM +0200, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> This patch doesn't revert the above change. It only removes a test if
> $OLDPWD is a directory. With this patch, if $OLDPWD points to a directory,
> there will be no change, and if $OLDPWD points to non-directory, it will
> not be cleared.
You're right. It doesn't revert it, but it does make it less useful.
> Hung mount shouldn't cause problems unless someone is accessing it.
My reasoning is that if stat()'ing a directory causes everything to
halt, then perhaps fix the source of that problem?
There's no reason why bash should make this a special case.
- Re: [PATCH] Fix hang if $OLDPWD points to inaccessible directory, (continued)
Re: [PATCH] Fix hang if $OLDPWD points to inaccessible directory, Mikulas Patocka, 2017/09/29
Re: [PATCH] Fix hang if $OLDPWD points to inaccessible directory, Chet Ramey, 2017/09/29