Re: [bugs #9185] rm calls access() but it shouldn't

[Jim Meyering]

For the benefit of others on this list, here's a copy of Tim's report:

"Tim Waugh" <address@hidden> wrote:
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> [bugs #9185] Full Item Snapshot:
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> URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=9185>
> Project: GNU Core Utilities
> Submitted by: Tim Waugh
> On: Wed 06/02/2004 at 11:52
>
> Category:  None
> Severity:  5 - Average
> Item Group:  None
> Resolution:  None
> Assigned to:  None
> Status:  Open
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>
> Summary:  rm calls access() but it shouldn't
>
> Original Submission:  See: 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124699
>
> The rm program calls access() on the target file before calling unlink() on 
> it. This is unnecessary (unlink should tell you everything you need to know), 
> and may hang rm (it may be a symlink pointing to something on an unreachable 
> NFS server).
> To reproduce the problem:
> 1. Mount a directory off an NFS server without any special options
> (so no -ointr, for example)
> 2. Make a symlink from somewhere outside that mountpoint to
> somewhere inside that mountpoint.
> 3. Power off the NFS server
> 4. Try and rm the symlink.
>
> For detailed info, follow this link:
> <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=9185>