Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:56:54 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: des@des.no Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/rm rm.1 rm.c Message-ID: <20041004.095654.71481952.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpr7oey2ae.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <xzp1xgezm8h.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20041004130834.GH2493@submonkey.net> <xzpr7oey2ae.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes:
: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> 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
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