linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] readdir mess

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Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:10:08 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] readdir mess

> of EOVERFLOW are totally hidden by just distro differences over time. If 
> the binary I had hadn't been statically linked, I wouldn't have had a 
> chance, I suspect.

Libc 2 still worked as of early 2.6. I've not tried it more recently as I
recompiled rogue instead.

> (Of course, static linking wasn't exactly unusual for really old binaries)

Important ones anyway as you needed the exact matching libc.
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