ls: fall back to "." metadata for ".." on WASI#11633
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On WASI the sandbox blocks access to the parent directory at the preopened root, causing ls -a to show an error and display ".." with question marks. Fall back to the current directory metadata so the entry appears with valid information.
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How is the test supposed to be run with wasm? I'm able to run the |
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Why do not we use |
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without that, we get an ugly error in wasm runtime |
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automerging as i need it now :) |
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* ls: fall back to "." metadata for ".." on WASI On WASI the sandbox blocks access to the parent directory at the preopened root, causing ls -a to show an error and display ".." with question marks. Fall back to the current directory metadata so the entry appears with valid information.
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On WASI the sandbox blocks access to the parent directory at the preopened root, causing ls -a to show an error and display ".." with question marks. Fall back to the current directory metadata so the entry appears with valid information.