From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 4 15:56:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 370BA16A4CE; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:56:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.village.org [168.103.84.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D367A43D54; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:56:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by harmony.village.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i94FtLXv091631; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:55:21 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:56:54 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20041004.095654.71481952.imp@bsdimp.com> To: des@des.no From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <20041004130834.GH2493@submonkey.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG cc: ceri@submonkey.net cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG cc: tjr@FreeBSD.ORG cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/rm rm.1 rm.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:56:51 -0000 In message: des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes: : Ceri Davies writes: : > It didn't mention which standard, and I guess from the lack of cita= tion : > that you have that information to hand either. : = : And this is where you'd be wrong. Check the Austin Group mailing lis= t : archives and the SCU Defect Report in Aardvark. This issue has been : discussed on and off since April 2003. As far as I can tell, the : resolution was that "the wording in the current version of the : standard does not allow this, but future versions will." Just because the standard allows the insane behavior of not allow rm -rf / doesn't mean it requires it. Your commit is disruptive, rude and disrespectful of your fellow committers. Please back it out. Warner