On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 12:08 AM Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 1:14 AM Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> wrote: ... >> I think you've managed to hit a spot where the POSIX standard doesn't >> provide a way for a program to find the information it needs to do its job >> correctly. I've filed a ticket there >> https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1831 >> >> We'll see if my understanding of pathconf() is incorrect or if someone has a >> great idea for how to get around this... > > So yeah, what's needed is pathconfat(2)** but whether this winding loose end > ("That poor yak.") merits that much code and surface is yet to be examined > deeply.
The fix for this has now been committed, so it'll be in 7.6 and a near future snapshot. Philip Guenther
