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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-10-03 13:13:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-10-03 13:13:09 +0000 |
| commit | da9541f18e6985593b73c30d121605e8cff62a7b (patch) | |
| tree | fa536023ddb705bdc539244b7dd8bf1c74c0f95b /NEWS | |
| parent | d2e7358a9be5b7f1b816e46f3a2cf151463f2208 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-da9541f18e6985593b73c30d121605e8cff62a7b.tar.xz | |
With --force (-f), rm no longer fails for ENOTDIR.
* src/remove.c (ignorable_missing): New function.
Use it everywhere, rather than open-coding the test.
Andreas Schwab reported the ENOTDIR problem.
(ignorable_missing): Similarly, don't fail for ENAMETOOLONG.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
* tests/rm/ignorable: New file. Test for the ENOTDIR case.
* tests/rm/ignore-name-too-long: New file. Test for ENAMETOOLONG.
* tests/rm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add the new file names.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
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@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- * Major changes in release 6.4-cvs (2006-??-??) [?????] +** Bug fixes + + With --force (-f), rm no longer fails for ENOTDIR or ENAMETOOLONG. + For example, "rm -f existing-non-directory/anything" now exits + successfully, ignoring the error about a nonexistent file. + * Major changes in release 6.3 (2006-09-30) [stable] |