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Re: misuse of pathnames in rump (and portalfs?)



>>> (Note that this is free -- it would require splicing a getcwd into
>>> every namei call.)
>> _Not_ free, I assume you mean?
> er right, silly editor... :-/

:-þ  I've had that happen to me often enough.

> Anyway, it looks as if it's not needed.

Just as well.  It has (since) occurred to me that it won't even work,
unless you're willing to accept a regression in that it will totally
break namei when the current directory no longer has any name.

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