[bug #35293] [ext2fs] cat on directory

URL: Summary: [ext2fs] cat on directory Project: The GNU Hurd Submitted by: mplaneta Submitted on: Thu 12 Jan 2012 12:32:21 AM EET Category: None Severity: 3 - Normal

[bug #35293] [ext2fs] cat on directory

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #35293 (project hurd): I tend to disagree. In particular, I seem to recall that (certain versions of?) FreeBSD allowed directories to be read(2) as if they were regular files. I wonder if POSIX has something to say on this?

Re: Bug#616290: [Fwd: [ISC-Bugs #25979] What happened to the dhcp patch in ISC-Bugs #24697 (Debian Bug #616290)?]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 02:20:55PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > So far our (Debian's) communications with dhcpd upstream on this topic > seem to be lacking in this area. If you like I would be happy to > review your next submissiosn to upstream, before you send them. I'm expecting to have a fac