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pwd -r odd failure mode



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On some systems, pwd -r from a deleted directory can pick the first
pathname from the parent directory -- possibly a file -- and call that the
current directory.  The code responsible for this is a bit of zgetcwd()
that, if it fails to find the current directory's inode, reads the
directory again, accepting anything on the same device.  I don't see
how such an algorithm could ever produce a correct answer, and it isn't
commented, so just removing it seems sensible.  Does anyone know better?

 -zefram

      Index: Src/compat.c
      ===================================================================
      RCS file: /home/zefram/usr/cvsroot/zsh/Src/compat.c,v
      retrieving revision 1.1.1.11
      diff -c -r1.1.1.11 compat.c
      *** Src/compat.c	1996/12/22 01:13:20	1.1.1.11
      --- Src/compat.c	1996/12/22 22:45:25
      ***************
      *** 166,184 ****
        		    goto match;
        	    }
        	}
      - 	closedir(dir);
      - 	dir = opendir(".");
      - 	while ((de = readdir(dir))) {
      - 	    char *fn = de->d_name;
      - 	    /* Ignore `.' and `..'. */
      - 	    if (fn[0] == '.' &&
      - 		(fn[1] == '\0' ||
      - 		 (fn[1] == '.' && fn[2] == '\0')))
      - 		continue;
      - 	    lstat(fn, &sbuf);
      - 	    if (sbuf.st_dev == dev)
      - 		goto match;
      - 	}
        	noholdintr();
        	closedir(dir);
        	return ztrdup(".");
      --- 166,171 ----

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