TWIMC: This seems like a bug: https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1465599844299411458
I was able to replicate the behavior in a container with coreutils version 8.30. Interestingly, however, rm -rf // only does the following: "root@test:~# rm -rf // rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '//' (same as '/') rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe" I believe illumos has already solved this problem in a POSIX compliant fashion, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6XQUciI-Sc&t=4903s Appreciate your attention to this bug! -- ---------------------------------------------- ROBERT SWINFORD ---------------------------------------------- robert.swinf...@gmail.com m: (405) 209-2339 ----------------------------------------------
