Ping: use of "stat -"

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 18.05.2020 12:34, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 14.05.2020 13:02, Ian Jackson wrote:
>> I've read this thread.  Jan, I'm sorry that this causes you
>> inconvenience.  I'm hoping it won't come down to a choice between
>> supporting people who want to ship a dom0 without perl, and people who
>> want a dom0 using more-than-a-decade-old coreutils.
>>
>> Jan, can you tell me what the output is of this on your ancient
>> system:
>>
>>   $ rm -f t
>>   $ >t
>>   $ exec 3<t
>>   $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
>>   regular empty file 393549
>>   $ rm t
>>   $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
>>   regular empty file 393549
>>   $ strace -ou stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
>>   $
> 
> $ rm -f t
> $ >t
> $ exec 3<t
> $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
> regular empty file 3380369
> $ rm t
> $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
> regular empty file 3380369
> $ strace -ou stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
> regular empty file 3380369
> 
>> Also, the contents of the file "u" afterwards, please.
> 
> Attached.
> 
> Thanks for looking into this, Jan

Is there (still) a plan to get this addressed for 4.14? Apologies if
I missed something having been posted / committed...

Jan