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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>
date Wed, 16 Oct 2013 07:47:53 -0700
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@node mknodat
@section @code{mknodat}
@findex mknodat

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mknodat.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