Re: execve changes break execlp with 2.1.122

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 15:51:53 +1200


On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 12:53:33AM +0000, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> and 2.1.123-1 will incorrectly return ENOTDIR (which while sensible is
> definitely incorrect), while a correct kernel will return ENOENT.

Both are equally correct - software that break on one or other is
arguably broken.

In a perfect world that is.

-cw

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