X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4C6C3BA5.3000203@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:59:33 -0600 From: Eric Blake User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100720 Fedora/3.1.1-1.fc13 Lightning/1.0b2pre Mnenhy/0.8.3 Thunderbird/3.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: "run" changes behavior with cygwin-17.6 References: <4C6C1490.3040202@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <4C6C1582.1080801@acm.org> <20100818182412.GA22698@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100818185421.GC22698@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100818191340.GB11340@calimero.vinschen.de> <20100818191906.GD22698@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100818192238.GA27567@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100818193446.GC11340@calimero.vinschen.de> <20100818195811.GG11340@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20100818195811.GG11340@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigB8D8D3BE602F41243DBB2D7D" X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com --------------enigB8D8D3BE602F41243DBB2D7D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 08/18/2010 01:58 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> Can someone please remind me why you shouldn't change to that directory >> only when SetCurrentDirectory would fail due to a long path, virtual >> path, etc? I think it was covered in the developer list, but I can't fi= nd >> it right now. >=20 > It breaks POSIX compatibility in terms of not being able to rename > or delete a directory which is the CWD of any process. It breaks Linux, but not POSIX, compatibility. --=20 Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --------------enigB8D8D3BE602F41243DBB2D7D Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJMbDulAAoJEKeha0olJ0NqYqwH/ihVB4Im8fGNyLGudG00SGIh PsgKxDN2W5fDPQyuDJcDEDXW8IGXWmGr5CAQi+R2ultclmE4VE9DOzydGrbY2xGD EVZeP+r1KxXQ2SLhAU7/7Uyi768yS1Ua8PpRl6tE/YXnESBpdCSedIvL58xxvPIB 6pTc/PKj8ej0KOKR136lCXlundATdKcMVu5hDyzGr+5JjfYN6yy2ZK2A7t3dUilS sUi99J7NBbVddNqWy8FULVFmkgB+Jr8AL1jwOEhRfdK9QPX2UFQF2G/KdKUTcvKx MZzPknoM/7R722mCpDbjJIc2VYOXNu/nu69jU2ZvxVOLITz26Y2DZ5tH3MyAKpo= =kHb6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigB8D8D3BE602F41243DBB2D7D--