From: Jim Meyering Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 18:12:55 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (copy_internal): Add a FIXME comment. X-Git-Tag: v5.3.0~1164 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5e1589ace88a4cadb60557262ef707ef4ed3bb55;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git (copy_internal): Add a FIXME comment. --- diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c index dfdd15bbf6..ef941cc25b 100644 --- a/src/copy.c +++ b/src/copy.c @@ -1055,7 +1055,8 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path, return 1; } - /* Using alloca for a pathname that may be (in theory) arbitrarily + /* FIXME: use fts: + Using alloca for a pathname that may be (in theory) arbitrarily long is not recommended. In fact, even forming such a name should be discouraged. Eventually, this code will be rewritten to use fts, so using alloca here will be less of a problem. */