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tmpfile: Add support for Android. * m4/tmpfile.m4 (gl_FUNC_TMPFILE): Add a runtime test whether tmpfile() works. * lib/tmpfile.c (tmpfile): Add an alternative implementation for Android. * modules/tmpfile (Depends-on): Add 'stdbool'. * doc/posix-functions/tmpfile.texi: Mention the Android bug. * modules/argv-iter-tests (Depends-on): Add 'tmpfile'.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 27 Jan 2019 22:03:14 +0100
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@node tmpfile
@section @code{tmpfile}
@findex tmpfile

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

Gnulib module: tmpfile

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function always fails on some platforms:
Android 4.3.
@item
This function often fails for trivial reasons on some platforms:
mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{tmpfile} may not work
correctly to create files larger than 2 GB.  (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize