On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 11:05:22AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > when using Bash expansion on directories, it will > print them with a trailing slash. this is problematic > on GNU because performing operations on these > directories will fail, eg: > > # rm -r foo<tab> > # rm -r foobar/ > # rm: cannot remove `foobar/': Invalid argument > > in what way is this problem suposed to be fixed? will > trailing slashes be supported by the Hurd eventualy? > > or do we have to fix bash not to add them? (note this > would be very annoying when using shell expansion > on multiple sub-directories)
This is a bug, and it has been fixed in glibc 2.3. Unfortunately, glibc 2.3 is broken for us in quite a severe way, and will require some difficult debugging. I am already looking forward to that. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/ _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
