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Re: experimental coreutils-5.94-4
On Feb 28 16:18, Eric Blake wrote:
> > On Feb 28 07:30, Eric Blake wrote:
> > > This version fixes the coreutils bug in pwd when called from /, or from
> > > anywhere in the // hierarchy. [...]
> >
> > What happened to the simple, but *always* working idea to call getcwd in
> > pwd to evaluate the current working directory? The new implementation
> > looks a bit maniac.
>
> Ergo, this is an *experimental* release! I _purposefully_
> crippled the working getcwd implementation to give the
> readdir fallback code more exposure (and to root out
> bugs in the coreutils fallback code). When cygwin 1.5.20
> comes out, I will remove the cripple, and /bin/pwd will
> once again be a super-efficient call to getcwd.
Uh, I see. Thanks.
Corinna
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