(gobble_file): Add a FIXME comment.

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Jim Meyering
2001-01-28 21:43:21 +00:00
parent daf6c50b95
commit 577a8f346e
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@@ -1902,6 +1902,10 @@ gobble_file (const char *name, enum filetype type, int explicit_arg,
files[files_index].linkmode = 0;
files[files_index].linkok = 0;
/* FIXME: this use of ls: `mkdir a; touch a/{b,c,d}; ls -R a'
shouldn't require that ls stat b, c, and d -- at least
not on systems with usable d_type. The problem is that
format_needs_stat is set, because of the -R. */
if (explicit_arg || format_needs_stat
|| (format_needs_type && type == unknown))
{