* src/remove.c (nonexistent_file_errno): Remove ENAMETOOLONG.

Paul Eggert pointed out that the specified file may exist,
in spite of such an errno value.
* tests/rm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Remove ignore-name-too-long.
* tests/rm/ignore-name-too-long: Remove file.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/remove.c b/src/remove.c
index 9d681c6e6..13a6e2768 100644
--- a/src/remove.c
+++ b/src/remove.c
@@ -930,10 +930,13 @@ static inline bool
 nonexistent_file_errno (int errnum)
 {
   /* Do not include ELOOP here, since the specified file may indeed
-     exist, but be (in)accessible only via too long a symlink chain.  */
+     exist, but be (in)accessible only via too long a symlink chain.
+     Likewise for ENAMETOOLONG, since rm -f ./././.../foo may fail
+     if the "..." part expands to a long enough sequence of "./"s,
+     even though ./foo does indeed exist.  */
+
   switch (errnum)
     {
-    case ENAMETOOLONG:
     case ENOENT:
     case ENOTDIR:
       return true;