On 09/03/2015 09:48 PM, Alex Henrie wrote: > I'd like to see the standard changed so that once rm determines that > the file is read-only, it may optionally check that the file can > actually be deleted and skip the prompt if it cannot. The default > codepath would not be affected, and the extra compute time is nothing > compared to the time it would save the user. > > What is the appropriate place to discuss proposed revisions to the > POSIX standard?
File your proposed wording changes as a bug against Issue7+TC1 at http://austingroupbugs.net/main_page.php It may be a while before the Austin Group can discuss the issue, including whether it is worth permitting what indeed amounts to a minor data race. You may want to use http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=819 as a template, since it involves discussion on a similar proposed optimization (even where the optimization implies a data race, missing out on a chance for a second terminal to correct things before the first terminal would check the need for a second prompt). -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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