Walt Mankowski via plug on 6 Jun 2026 11:21:21 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Microsoft grafts (most) Linux commands onto Windows


On Sat, Jun 06, 2026 at 03:17:42PM +0000, Rich Freeman via plug wrote:
> On 6/6/2026 6:44 AM, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
> > I'm not sure what Rich is referring to as "less compatibility", but
> > ...
> > The new Rust
> > version of stat(1) had a bug that made it impossible for me to ssh
> > into my box!
> 
> I'd call that "less compatibility."  :)
> 
> I didn't use the word bug mainly because I'm not sure how much of this
> represents a deviation from some kind of defined standard, vs a deviation
> from how it always used to work.  I didn't want to get too philosophical
> about that...

I suppose it couldn't been some condition that they weren't accounting
for in their test suite. I don't know since I never followed up on
what the fix was once I got my box working.

I brought it up because I think it's a great example of how, even if
Rust is a "safer" language than C, porting working, stable code to a
new language always brings with it risks.

Walt
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