On 8/19/08, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "naruto canada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Starting from coreutils-6.3.tar.bz2 upward, when compiled against
>> glibc-2.5.1,
>> "rm" requires /proc mounted else this error "cannot remove `...':
>> Function not implemented" is triggered.
>
> I reworked remove.c to use the then-new *at functions (openat, statat,
> etc.) and when those kernel functions are not available, the code
> falls back on using /proc-based emulation, when possible.
> There's a still older approach (lib/save-cwd.c), which is what
> earlier versions of coreutils use.
>
> If you're stuck using glibc-2.5.x, can you stick with
> the older version of coreutils, too?

That's what I did.

How about newer glibc-- 2.6 upwards? I've not tried them yet.

Thanks.

>


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