Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1972: boost::filesystem::remove() throws on self referenced symlinks

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1972: boost::filesystem::remove() throws on self referenced symlinks
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-26 08:39:35

#1972: boost::filesystem::remove() throws on self referenced symlinks
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  Reporter:  dizzy_at_[hidden]  |       Owner:  bemandawes
      Type:  Bugs             |      Status:  closed    
 Milestone:  Boost 1.36.0     |   Component:  filesystem
   Version:  Boost 1.35.0     |    Severity:  Problem   
Resolution:  fixed            |    Keywords:            
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Comment(by anonymous):

 Thanks for applying the patch. While looking for it I noticed it's not in
 1.36 release but it is in the boost trunk. This way I also noticed that
 the trunk code seems a sort of 1.35 code with my patch instead of being a
 1.36 version with some sort of adapted version of my patch. In 1.36:
 - remove():
         - has a default argument for error code thus allows to be called
 in a nothrow way
         - does not return bool but void and thus no need for any
 stat/exists() I/O call (errors based on the result of the system dependent
 remove API error)
 - remove_all()
         - has a default argument for error code thus allows to be called
 in a nothrow way

 I will adapt my patch for the 1.36 code since I think the current version
 in boost trunk reverses on good changes that were in 1.36 (unless you
 think otherwise of course :) ).

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1972#comment:2>
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