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Date:      Fri, 15 May 2020 10:48:15 -0400
From:      Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= <se@freebsd.org>, Arne Steinkamm <arne@steinkamm.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [HEADSUP] Disallowing read() of a directory fd
Message-ID:  <20200515144815.GA8265@night.db.net>
In-Reply-To: <202005151247.04FClhsD086497@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <e5a21dd4-6c53-2dca-8fa8-387e2532b7c8@freebsd.org> <202005151247.04FClhsD086497@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 05:47:43AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > Am 15.05.20 um 03:12 schrieb Arne Steinkamm:
...
> > >>>> Worth noting is that there's not really one largely-compelling reasons
> > >>>> to switch this after so many years (unless you find yourself that
> > >>>> irate when you accidentally `cat` a directory), but there are some
> > >>>> benefits which are briefly discussed in the commentary around the
> > >>>> review along with the history of the current behavior.


All I have to say on this noisy bikeshed is, let's resurrect the mkdir
bug of V7 because it's tradition and the BSD way and history and stuff.
(I only expect a few of you to remember this one.)

Diane
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