[PATCH] Compatibility improvement to reparse point handling, v3

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Wed Jun 21 20:47:00 GMT 2017


On Jun 21 10:54, Joe Lowe wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2017-06-20 01:17, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > Actually, DT_UNKNOWN indicates nothing.  The sole purpose of this
> > value is to tell the application that the information is not readily
> > available without having to perform costly operations, which often
> 
> OK.
> 
> > I pushed your patch, plus a follow-up patch to handle remote reparse
> > points correctly, as outlined in my previous reply.
> 
> Thanks, and for catching the isremote() fix.
> 
> I adhoc tested against a variety of symlink and mountpoint reparse
> points. I dont see any issues, and changes are working as expected.
> I will keep watching the dev and patch mail lists for a while, but if
> some issues pop-up then feel free to contact me directly.

Sure enough, thanks.  In turn, feel free to send patches when you see
some problem or room for extensions.


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer                 cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat
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