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Re: tar does not strip trailing slashes before mkdir()
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Marcus Brinkmann |
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Re: tar does not strip trailing slashes before mkdir() |
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Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:38:26 +0100 |
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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 03:54:43PM -0500, Jonathan P Tomer wrote:
> i had seen evidence of this before, and i was wondering why it is the
> case. is there any reason why mkdir() in glibc for the hurd does not
> remove trailing /'s?
We want to spot those incompatibilities and fix them.
There is no technical difficulty in making mkdir("foo/") work on the Hurd.
It's just a policy decision.
Marcus
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