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mkfifo-tests, etc.: allow HP-UX 11.11 bug
Problem reported by Daniel Richard G. in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2013-10/msg00068.html>.
* doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi (mkfifo):
* doc/posix-functions/mkfifoat.texi (mkfifoat):
* doc/posix-functions/mknod.texi (mknod):
* doc/posix-functions/mknodat.texi (mknodat):
Document the HP-UX 11.11 bug.
* tests/test-mkfifo.h (test_mkfifo):
Allow the HP-UX 11.11 bug.
author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> |
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date | Wed, 16 Oct 2013 07:47:53 -0700 |
parents | fa36c6a7c96f |
children | b8576602c861 |
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@node mkfifoat @section @code{mkfifoat} @findex mkfifoat POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mkfifoat.html} Gnulib module: mkfifoat Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: glibc 2.3.6, Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS. But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item The gnulib replacement function always fails with @samp{ENOSYS} on some platforms: mingw, MSVC 9. @item If the argument exists and is a directory, the gnulib replacement function fails with @code{EISDIR} instead of the correct @code{EEXIST}: HP-UX 11.11. @end itemize