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bug#39929: coreutils-8.32 fails to build on aarch64
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Bernhard Voelker |
Subject: |
bug#39929: coreutils-8.32 fails to build on aarch64 |
Date: |
Fri, 6 Mar 2020 08:36:07 +0100 |
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On 2020-03-06 08:31, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 2020-03-06 02:27, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 3/5/20 1:43 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>>
>>> Why is this code even there at all? If readdir(3) says that the current
>>> directory has no entries, shouldn't 'ls' just say that? Why should ls
>>> report an error simply because the current directory isn't reachable
>>> from the filesystem? Whether the current directory is unreachable has
>>> nothing to do with ls's job, which is to report whether the current
>>> directory has entries.
>>
>> Attached is a proposed patch to fix this.
>
> I tend to agree (now): returning an error when there was none seems at least
> unlucky. Sorry I didn't comment in the original discussion.
>
>> diff --git a/tests/ls/removed-directory.sh b/tests/ls/removed-directory.sh
>
> That test was also added in commit 05a99f7d7f8e, so the the description
> at the top does not match after reverting:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # If ls is asked to list a removed directory (e.g. the parent process's
> # current working directory that has been removed by another process), it
> # emits an error message.
>
> s/emits/shall not emit/
P.S. Also the check for $host_triplet containing 'linux' in test is:
a) no longer needed, and
b) looks like a good argument to revert 05a99f7d7f8e, because it introduced
different (and user-visible) behavior just because of the platform.
Have a nice day,
Berny
bug#39929: coreutils-8.32 fails to build on aarch64, Kamil Dudka, 2020/03/06