--- a/ChangeLog	Sun Sep 28 13:49:24 2008 +0200
+++ b/ChangeLog	Sun Sep 28 13:52:28 2008 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2008-09-28  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	New module 'posix_spawnattr_init'.
+	* modules/posix_spawnattr_init: New file.
+	* lib/spawnattr_init.c: New file, from GNU libc with modifications.
+	* doc/posix-functions/posix_spawnattr_init.texi: Mention the new
+	module.
+
 	New module 'posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy'.
 	* modules/posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy: New file.
 	* lib/spawn_faction_destroy.c: New file, from GNU libc with

--- a/doc/posix-functions/posix_spawnattr_init.texi	Sun Sep 28 13:49:24 2008 +0200
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/posix_spawnattr_init.texi	Sun Sep 28 13:52:28 2008 +0200
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
 
 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/posix_spawnattr_init.html}
 
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: posix_spawnattr_init
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
-@end itemize
-
-Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
-@itemize
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
 MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
 @end itemize
+
+Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
+@itemize
+@end itemize

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/lib/spawnattr_init.c	Sun Sep 28 13:52:28 2008 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification.  */
+#include <spawn.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* Initialize data structure for file attribute for `spawn' call.  */
+int
+posix_spawnattr_init (posix_spawnattr_t *attr)
+{
+  /* All elements have to be initialized to the default values which
+     is generally zero.  */
+  memset (attr, '\0', sizeof (*attr));
+
+  return 0;
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/modules/posix_spawnattr_init	Sun Sep 28 13:52:28 2008 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Description:
+posix_spawnattr_init() function: initialize child process attributes
+specification.
+
+Files:
+lib/spawnattr_init.c
+m4/posix_spawn.m4
+
+Depends-on:
+spawn
+
+configure.ac:
+gl_POSIX_SPAWN
+if test $HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN = 0 || test $REPLACE_POSIX_SPAWN = 1; then
+  gl_REPLACE_SPAWN_H
+  AC_LIBOBJ([spawnattr_init])
+fi
+gl_SPAWN_MODULE_INDICATOR([posix_spawnattr_init])
+
+Makefile.am:
+
+Include:
+<spawn.h>
+
+License:
+LGPL
+
+Maintainer:
+Bruno Haible, glibc
+