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bug#52206: Bug: rm -rf /*/*
From: |
Robert Swinford |
Subject: |
bug#52206: Bug: rm -rf /*/* |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:08:35 -0600 |
BTW, zsh globbing doesn’t exhibit this behavior! It seems it is only a problem
in bash.
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ROBERT SWINFORD
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robert.swinford@gmail.com
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> On Nov 30, 2021, at 1:58 PM, Robert Swinford <robert.swinford@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> TWIMC:
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> This seems like a bug: https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1465599844299411458
>
> I was able to replicate the behavior in a container with coreutils version
> 8.30.
>
> Interestingly, however, rm -rf // only does the following:
>
> "root@test:~# rm -rf //
> rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '//' (same as '/')
> rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe"
>
> I believe illumos has already solved this problem in a POSIX compliant
> fashion, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6XQUciI-Sc&t=4903s
>
> Appreciate your attention to this bug!
>
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> ROBERT SWINFORD
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> robert.swinford@gmail.com
> m: (405) 209-2339
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