[patch] work around ClearCase bug

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com> writes:

> > I don't think GNU utilities should work around obvious bugs in a
> > proprietary product like ClearCase.  If this were not an obvious bug
> > in ClearCase, I think it would be OK.  If ClearCase were widely used,
> > I think it would be OK.  If ClearCase were free, I think it might be
> > OK (though we would probably just fix ClearCase).
> 
> Not to disagree (and I'm not, I don't think it should go in either) but
> clearcase is pretty widely used. I've seen it an awful lot at other
> companies.

Sorry, I was ambiguous.  I meant widely used in the way that Microsoft
Windows is widely used.

Ian