Re: making GNU ls -i (--inode) work around the linux readdir bug

[Paul Eggert]

Ian Jackson <address@hidden> writes:

> _Why_ is it considered a bug ?  Is it just that the members of the
> relevant committee didn't understand what d_ino was for

I don't think that is likely; the folks involved in that discussion
list are cognizant of the issues.

> Were there any examples of applications that are broken near a
> mountpoint with the traditional behaviour but correct with the new
> behaviour ?

I don't recall specific applications being discussed either way.

> Do you have a reference ?

Here's one, from me:

<http://www.opengroup.org/austin/mailarchives/ag/msg09524.html>

The subject has come up at other times on that mailing list, but with
the above URL perhaps you can search the list and track the other
instances down.