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Subject: Re: rmdir(2) and mkdir(2) both return EISDIR for argument "/"
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Alex Dupre schrieb am 2009-11-06:
> Alexander Best ha scritto:
> > thanks a lot for finding the problem in the src. what do you think
> > of the
> > patch attached to this message?

> I'm sorry, but I haven't enough knowledge about this subsystem to
> judge
> your patch. Someone else should jump in.


neither do i. ;) i fear the patch is just a dirty hack and probably breaks
tons of conventions. ;)

i'll post the patch as followup to the PR and see what happens.

thanks again for having a look at the problem and pointing out the responsible
code.

alex