[PATCH v5 2/2] io: Use gnulib fts implementation (BZ 22944, BZ 20331)

Paul Eggert eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Mon Apr 13 15:53:20 GMT 2026


On 2026-04-11 10:06, Florian Weimer wrote:
> I think we need to version the symbol, with an internal flag that
> does more stat'ing with FTS_NOSTAT.

Oh, let's not. FTS_NOSTAT means not to stat, and programs that rely on 
FTS_NOSTAT to stat have always been broken. In the long run it's 
obviously better to fix dracut etc. than to version the symbol, and it 
seems to me that this is true even in the not-so-long run.


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