Re: [PATCH] utimensat() non-conformances and fixes [v3]

From: Michael Kerrisk
Date: Fri May 30 2008 - 15:44:19 EST


Miklos,

You omitted to answer my question, the last sentence below:

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Michael Kerrisk
<mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Miklos,
>
> I already fixed most of the isues with utimensat() in my previous
> version of the patch several days back, and that patch (probably
> still) applies against current mainline.
[...]
> This is a bug. It is one of *several* bugs in the original
> implementation of the utimensat()/futimens() interface. All of them
> should be fixed. I have by now provided fixes for most of them. (Not
> point 2 above, but with a little help that should be quickly fixed as
> well.) At this point, I think you need to explain why you think those
> fixes shouldn't be applied.

Michael

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