Re: [PATCH] cp,mv,install: avoid opening destination non directories

[Paul Eggert]

On 4/9/22 11:38, Pádraig Brady wrote:

> The attached uses an extra stat() to avoid this hang,
> but only on these older systems without O_DIRECTORY.

Thanks, good catch.

I think you can simplify the system.h patch a bit, as there's no need 
for 'err' in this new code. Also, the "try an open a fifo" should be 
"try to open a fifo" or "try and open a fifo". Something like the 
attached patch, perhaps?

coreutils-system.patch
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