Re: [PATCH] dir-iterator: drop unused `DIR_ITERATOR_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS`

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Hi, Taylor and Jeff

On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 5:05 PM Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 03:03:01PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote:
> > I have no idea either. From a cursory scan, I think I'd err on the side
> > of it being vestigial. But Matheus (cc'd) should be able to tell us for
> > sure.

Oh, it's been some time. But yes, dir5 is vestigial and should indeed
be removed. It was created back when I wanted to make dir-iterator
detect and avoid recursive symlinks (see this [1] earlier version of
the patch, where there was a test grepping for dir5 at the output).
But this idea ended up being discarded and I must have forgotten to
remove the dir5.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20190502144829.4394-7-matheus.bernardino@xxxxxx/



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