Re: [PATCH] Use a hash rather than a linked-list for cycle check in cp

[Jim Meyering]

"Bo Borgerson" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Bo,
>>
>>  Thanks for that patch.
>>
>>  However, let's see if Cai Xianchao and Li Zefan
>>  are still working on rewriting cp to use openat-style functions.
>>
>>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/12041
>>
>>  Because once cp is rewritten the way I outlined later in
>>  that thread, there will be no need for your patch.
>
> Hi,
>
> I may be missing something, but from a scan of that thread it seems to
> me that the two patches are actually mutually beneficial.

The change I want is to make cp use fts,
and fts already does efficient cycle detection.