[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9936: Improve Filesystem method choice for 'direct'; introduce FS_METHOD constant.

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#9936: Improve Filesystem method choice for 'direct'; introduce FS_METHOD
constant.
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 Reporter:  dd32          |       Owner:  dd32     
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  Filesystem    |     Version:  2.8      
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  has-patch
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 Just talking with azaozz on IRC, It seems that the core upgrades are
 failing on some hosts due to filesystem permissions errors, Which can be
 traced back to the systems temporary directory being writable, whilst the
 actual ABSPATH directory is unwritable.

 The attached patch changes {{{get_filesystem_method()}}} to attempt to
 create a file in ABSPATH {{{called .<current unix time>}}}.

 The checks for file ownership are still present.

 Patch also introduces the constant 'FS_METHOD' which can be used along
 side the filesystem_method filter & other filesystem constants to work
 around any incorrect-choices which come up.

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