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changeset 17516:78e9001f9ab0
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 | 2f47c960f152 |
children | cf67b8cf7424 |
files | ChangeLog doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi doc/posix-functions/mkfifoat.texi doc/posix-functions/mknod.texi doc/posix-functions/mknodat.texi tests/test-mkfifo.h |
diffstat | 6 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog Mon Oct 14 14:25:06 2013 -0700 +++ b/ChangeLog Wed Oct 16 07:47:53 2013 -0700 @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +2013-10-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + 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. + 2013-10-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> acl: allow cross-compilation to Gentoo
--- a/doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi Mon Oct 14 14:25:06 2013 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi Wed Oct 16 07:47:53 2013 -0700 @@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize +@item +If the argument exists and is a directory, this function fails with +@code{EISDIR} instead of the correct @code{EEXIST}: +HP-UX 11.11. @end itemize
--- a/doc/posix-functions/mkfifoat.texi Mon Oct 14 14:25:06 2013 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/mkfifoat.texi Wed Oct 16 07:47:53 2013 -0700 @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ @itemize @item The gnulib replacement function always fails with @samp{ENOSYS} on -some platforms: -mingw, MSVC 9. +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
--- a/doc/posix-functions/mknod.texi Mon Oct 14 14:25:06 2013 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/mknod.texi Wed Oct 16 07:47:53 2013 -0700 @@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ Use of this function for anything except fifos is not portable, generally requiring super-user privileges and knowledge of supported device numbers. +@item +If the argument exists and is a directory, this function fails with +@code{EISDIR} instead of the correct @code{EEXIST}: +HP-UX 11.11. @end itemize
--- a/doc/posix-functions/mknodat.texi Mon Oct 14 14:25:06 2013 -0700 +++ b/doc/posix-functions/mknodat.texi Wed Oct 16 07:47:53 2013 -0700 @@ -22,4 +22,8 @@ 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
--- a/tests/test-mkfifo.h Mon Oct 14 14:25:06 2013 -0700 +++ b/tests/test-mkfifo.h Wed Oct 16 07:47:53 2013 -0700 @@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ ASSERT (errno == ENOENT); errno = 0; ASSERT (func (".", 0600) == -1); - ASSERT (errno == EEXIST || errno == EINVAL); + /* Allow HP-UX 11.11's EISDIR, even though POSIX says it's wrong, + since it doesn't really hurt anything and we lack the energy to + fix it. */ + ASSERT (errno == EEXIST || errno == EINVAL || errno == EISDIR); errno = 0; ASSERT (func (BASE "fifo", 0600) == -1); ASSERT (errno == EEXIST);