Joe Kelsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, I realize this, but it seems that from my cursory inspection of > uipc_sem.c that the check for embedded '/' characters is unnecessary and > much too restrictive according to the posix standard. The standard only > talks about whether or not the semaphore name begins with '/' and has > nothing to say about embedded slashes except that the name must conform > to filename requirements. It seems to me that either you take the TRU64 > approach and place a marker in the file system (special directory > entry?) or you allow all strings, only looking at the first character > and not caring about anything else, except for whatever maximum pathname > requirements you choose to impose. > > Maybe I am missing something in the system call semantics?
Sounds like a bug to me. Could you open a PR? Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
