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

Adhemerval Zanella Netto adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Wed Apr 15 18:23:18 GMT 2026



On 13/04/26 12:53, Paul Eggert wrote:
> 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.

Should we close BZ#34078 as WONTFIX then?

[1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34078


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