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coreutils package

  1. Bug #174283
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 174283

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Samuel thibault (samuel-thibault) wrote :

Could people have a look at standards instead of trolling?

SUSv4 adds the following exception:

« if an operand resolves to the root directory, rm shall write a diagnostic message to standard error and do nothing more with such operands. »