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SubjectRe: [RFC] Union mount readdir support in glibc
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> > Actually, do we really need it other than to 0 and to current position
> > (i.e. full rewind and a no-op)?
>
> Ever heard of the little function "telldir"?

Actually, telldir/seekdir is already broken for some filesystems (NFS
comes to mind). POSIX was really crazy to require a working seekdir
implementation, and userspace should quickly start _not_ using it.

The more new filesystems it doesn't work, the better, IMHO.

Miklos


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