Re: PR/43639 CVS commit: src/bin/sh

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/43639; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: PR/43639 CVS commit: src/bin/sh
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 06:26:11 +0000

 On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 05:45:00PM +0000, Robert Elz wrote:
  >    |   >  PR bin/43639 - check that a file being read by the '.' command
  >    |   >  is a regular file, even when it is given as a full pathname.
  >    |  
  >    |  out of a general sense of mischief:
  >  
  >  Sorry, to get your badge for mischievousness you will need to try harder!
 
 I'll get right on it! :-)
 
  >    |  should it be allowed to be a named pipe?
  >  
  >  Perhaps. [...]
 
 Hmm. Well, given this:
 
  >  That is, from before this fix,
  >  	PATH=named-pipe-directory:$PATH
  >  	. pipe-file-name			# no '/' in that name
  >  would not have worked.
  >  
  >  Now
  >  	. named-pipe-directory/pipe-file-name
  >  doesn't either.
 
 I'm not convinced it's worth worrying about.
 
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 David A. Holland
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