Re: [boost] [Boost-bugs] [ boost-Bugs-1221465 ] remove_all problemsondangling symlinks

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-16 17:21:46

"Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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>> Bugs item #1221465, was opened at 2005-06-15 14:27
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>> Result:
>> <pre>
>> ERROR:boost::filesystem::remove: "foo3": Directory not
>> empty
>> 0,1
>> 0,0
>> 1,0
>> </pre>
>>
>> Also note that the post-condition is violated for foo1.
>
> I've asked on the bug tracker for the compiler and O/S versions involved. 
> My guess is that this is the Metrowerks 9.5 std::remove() bug on Mac OS X, 
> rather than a bug in Boost code.
>
> In the meantime, I'm adding test cases to operations_test to detect the 
> OP's reported error.

These test cases have been added to CVS. They pass on Linux with GCC. (They 
don't apply to Windows, since it doesn't support symbolic links.) I'll watch 
as the regression tests cycle to make sure the new test cases don't break on 
any other platforms.

--Beman