Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4

Jamie Lokier
2004-08-26T18:34:34Z

Rik van Riel wrote:
> > /bin could be separated (like linus said) but cat /bin/.compound could
> > do it. This is the /etc/passwd Hans' example, I think:
>
> Arghhhh. I wrote it down to ridicule the idea and now people
> are taking it seriously ;(
>
> It should be obvious enough that anything depending on the
> kernel parsing file contents will lead to problems.

This is one case where the kernel _isn't_ parsing file contents,
but I agree it's ridiculous :)

-- Jamie