[Bug libc/1062] sysdeps/generic/glob.c merge from gnulib (part 3 of 3)

["derek at ximbiot dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From derek at ximbiot dot com  2007-09-24 18:29 -------
Yes, changes to semantics are likely to be controversial and I am very sorry I
missed my chance to say something BEFORE GLIBC's glob was altered to stop
matching "*" to broken symlinks, counter to the POSIX specification.

Now that it has been changed, I am very interested in participating in a
discussion about changing it back.  Could you direct me to the correct list and
could we have it out in a larger forum before closing this issue again?

Would it be an acceptable compromise if I was to alter and resubmit the attached
patch such that glob would only exhibit the POSIX behavior when GLOB_POSIX,
GLOB_BROKEN_SYMLINKS, or some other such flag is passed in?

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|INVALID                     |


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