[patch] rm can have undesired side-effects

[Doug Barton]

Mike Meyer wrote:
> In <45466902.5090603 at FreeBSD.org>, Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org> typed:
>> Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
>>> Personally I think rm should do what you ask it to do - if you ask it
>>> to overwrite a file which has multiple links, well... though luck.  
>> It's all well and good to say, "tough luck," but I don't think that's
>> what our users expect.
> 
> I'm a user. It's what I expect.

I would argue that the average reader of the -hackers list is pretty
far on one end or the other of the "FreeBSD Users" bell-shaped curve.

> If I wanted an OS that protected me
> from myself, I wouldn't be running Unix. Please give me the rope I
> need to get the job done. If that happens to be enough that I can hang
> myself, and I sometimes do - well, I got what I asked for. When I want
> to be coddled, I'll run a different OS.

I'm not suggesting taking the rope away from you, I'm suggesting
putting it on another shelf (so to speak).

Doug

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