[PATCH 0/2] Fix a bad case of absolute path handling
Ken Brown
kbrown@cornell.edu
Thu Nov 11 14:10:33 GMT 2021
On 11/11/2021 4:47 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 10 17:22, Ken Brown wrote:
>> I can't immediately think of anything. But is it really impossible to phase
>> out DOS path support over a period of time? We could start with a HEADS-UP,
>> asking for comments, then a deprecation announcement, then something like
>> the old dosfilewarning option, then a more forceful warning that can't be
>> turned off, and finally removal of support. This could be done over a
>> period of several years (not sure how many).
>
> Yeah, we might try again. Just not over years, we'll probably lose
> track over time. I'd appreciate a shorter period with a chance to see
> the end.
>
> The problem is that people are probably using DOS paths all the time.
> Makefiles and scripts mixing Cygwin and DOS tools come to mind.
So maybe an RFC email would be useful rather than a HEADS-UP, just to see how
widespread it is.
> For the time being, I wonder if we could start with isabspath being
> always strict so at least X: isn't an abspath at all.
Sounds reasonable.
>> We could also put lines like
>>
>> # C:/ on /c type ntfs (binary,posix=0)
>>
>> into the default /etc/fstab.
>
> Commented out, you mean? Just as hint?
Yes.
> We could do that. Personally I
> don't like these shortcuts, I rather use a shorter cygdrive prefix, like
> /mnt, but I see how this could convince people. Scripts with mixed
> tools will always be a problem, though.
Ken
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