Re: [PATCH] Do not assume glibc glob internals

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, 2017-09-24 at 15:43 -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Paul Smith wrote:
> > I can't answer your question, but the previous version of this
> > function didn't do anything special with a "foo/" path, so if it
> > doesn't work here it didn't work there either...?
> 
> Now I *know* I should have kept my mouth shut. :-)
> 
> Sorry, I'm lost here, partly because I don't know what is meant by
> "previous version". I guess you're working in a private repository
> and that I can't see what version is the "latest". I trust your
> instinct for MS-Windows code more than I trust mine, so if you think
> the latest version is OK then that's good enough for me.

Well, that's sad on both our parts :).  I usually bumble along until
Eli whacks me on the head and points out where my POSIX blinders have
led me.

Anyway, sorry for my inscrutability: by "previous version" I meant the
version you sent in your patch, here:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2017-09/msg00014.html

I haven't pushed the changes I made yet.