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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-09-16 20:03:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-09-16 20:03:56 +0000 |
| commit | b67faf329cebf0805b2b73cc775ccfc7a05390de (patch) | |
| tree | 61071dc36a049a4685e757f637bc36ac928ade0e /NEWS | |
| parent | adbad7626cbbf81745482b4ddb4a0bcea97a6db6 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-b67faf329cebf0805b2b73cc775ccfc7a05390de.tar.xz | |
* NEWS: Document that mkdir -p and install -d now fork on occasion.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add savewd.
* src/install.c: Include savewd.h.
(process_dir): New function.
(main, install_file_in_file_parents): Use it, along with the new
savewd module, to avoid some race conditions.
* src/mkdir.c: Include savewd.h.
(struct mkdir_options): New members make_ancestor_function, mode,
mode_bits.
(make_ancestor): Return 1 if the resulting directory is not readable.
(process_dir): New function.
(main): Use it, along with new savewd module, to avoid some
race conditions. Fill in new slots of struct mkdir_options, so
that callees get the values.
* tests/install/basic-1: Test for coreutils 5.97 bug that was
fixed in coreutils 6.0, and which should still be fixed with
this change.
* tests/mkdir/p-3: Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Changes in behavior + mkdir -p and install -d (or -D) now use a method that forks a child + process if the working directory is unreadable and a later argument + uses a relative file name. This avoids some race conditions, but it + means you may need to kill two processes to stop these programs. + rm now rejects attempts to remove the root directory, e.g., `rm -fr /' now fails without removing anything. Likewise for any file name with a final `./' or `../' component. |