[HEADSUP] Disallowing read() of a directory fd

[Arne Steinkamm]

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 10:17:00PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> 
> "cat ." as been supported since Unix V6 1978 or earlier, 
> no problem, even occasionaly useful.
> 
> Most FreeBSD users wont have heard of https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24596
> (& there's only 5 other people's opinions there, apart from proposer,
> & skimming through the impression is far from un-qualified approval.
> 
> kevans@ issued arch@ just a couple days notice of intention to commit.
> arch@ is also not widely read, ( I jhs@ added CC hackers@)

+1 !!!

.//. Arne

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