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Date:	Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:04:16 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	mtk.manpages@...il.com, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: dup2() vs dup3() inconsistency when

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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Inconsistency is bad, too, and one could *definitely* argue that the
> fundamental problem is the one of closing a pre-existing descriptor
> rather than forcing the user to do that explicitly if that behaviour was
> desired.

This is a new interface.  It's not breaking any code and fixing problems
with older interfaces is exactly what you do in such situations.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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