cvs commit: src/bin/rm rm.1 rm.c

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Mon Oct 4 08:56:51 PDT 2004


In message: <xzpr7oey2ae.fsf at dwp.des.no>
            des at des.no (Dag-Erling Smørgrav) writes:
: Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net> writes:
: > It didn't mention which standard, and I guess from the lack of citation
: > that you have that information to hand either.
: 
: And this is where you'd be wrong.  Check the Austin Group mailing list
: archives and the SCU Defect Report in Aardvark.  This issue has been
: discussed on and off since April 2003.  As far as I can tell, the
: resolution was that "the wording in the current version of the
: standard does not allow this, but future versions will."

Just because the standard allows the insane behavior of not allow rm
-rf / doesn't mean it requires it.  Your commit is disruptive, rude
and disrespectful of your fellow committers.  Please back it out.

Warner


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