bug#80857: [PATCH] chcon, chmod, chown, rm: improve fts_read failure diagnostic

Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:09:54 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs
Organization UCLA Computer Science Department
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026-04-19 00:51, Shubham Chakraborty wrote:

> I plan to revise the approach as follows:
> 
>    - Stop using fts_path in fts_read failure paths for chcon, chmod, chown,
> and rm.
>    - Update du as well, as it currently relies on the same pattern.
>    - Replace the current message with a path-independent diagnostic: "cannot
> traverse directories".
>    - Update the affected tests accordingly.

Thanks, this sounds like a good way to go.