[PATCH 2/1][BZ #866] glob() should match dangling symlinks.

[Mike Frysinger]

On Saturday 12 October 2013 04:25:29 Ondřej Bílka wrote:
> This is another bug in glob with patch in bugzilla from Tom Lee ready,
> see https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=866
> 
> Patch itself is ok, what is left is decide if listing dangling symlinks
> is desired behavior.

it is desired behavior

> --- a/posix/glob.c
> +++ b/posix/glob.c
> @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static const char *next_brace_sub (const char *begin,
> int flags) __THROW;
> 
>  static int glob_in_dir (const char *pattern, const char *directory,
>  			int flags, int (*errfunc) (const char *, int),
> -			glob_t *pglob, size_t alloca_used);
> +			glob_t *pglob, size_t alloca_used, int chklnks);
>  extern int __glob_pattern_type (const char *pattern, int quote)
>      attribute_hidden;
> 
> @@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ glob (pattern, flags, errfunc, pglob)
>  	  status = glob_in_dir (filename, dirs.gl_pathv[i],
>  				((flags | GLOB_APPEND)
>  				 & ~(GLOB_NOCHECK | GLOB_NOMAGIC)),
> -				errfunc, pglob, alloca_used);
> +				errfunc, pglob, alloca_used, 1);

what is this scenario where we're still checking the links ?

also, globtest.sh needs updating to make sure this new behavior doesn't 
regress
-mike
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