Re: rm patch suggestion

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> writes:

> > Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com> writes:
> > 
> > > It seems to me that "." and ".." should be special cases in diskfs
> > > that act as if O_NOTRANS had been used.
> > 
> > Hrm, this may be true; it seems that things are a little inconsistent
> > one way or the other...
> 
> If you translate that to "ringing endorsement", then I'll implement it.

I'm just not sure.  It creates one inconsistency in a rather core area
as a way of saving an inconsistency in another area.