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Re: RFC: Change pwd to assume -L by default


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: RFC: Change pwd to assume -L by default
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:39:11 -0600
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On 07/02/2014 05:57 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>> OK you've convinced me.
> 
> Yay! :-)
> 
>>> It seems all /bin/pwd default to -P
>>> while all builtin pwd default to -L
> 
> I think so too.
> 
>>> POSIX should probably say something about that.
> 
> Yes.  Because it really should be standardizing on existing behavior
> rather than specifying an incompatible change.

I'll go ahead and file that as a defect, and report back with what they
say about it.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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