Jim Meyering wrote:
> Users expect tools like chmod -R, du and find to work even when run from
> an unreadable directory. Once you impose that requirement, you have
> admitted that save_cwd and restore_cwd are required. With them you must
> admit the possibility of restore_cwd failure. And openat's interface
> does not allow for that, since it must not change the working directory.
> Since I require that coreutils applications use the *at-function
> interfaces, I'm stuck with the possibility, however remote, that a
> normally library-quality *at-function may exit.
OK. Then let's document the current situation. I'm applying this:
2008-12-15 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
* doc/posix-functions/openat.texi: Mention the 'openat' module.
* doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/fdopendir.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/mkdirat.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/unlinkat.texi: Likewise.
--- doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi.orig 2008-12-15 12:29:26.000000000
+0100
+++ doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi 2008-12-15 12:26:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
POSIX specification:
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fchmodat.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openat
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+glibc 2.3.6, 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 10, Cygwin, mingw, 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
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, 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 10, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@end itemize
--- doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi.orig 2008-12-15 12:29:26.000000000
+0100
+++ doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi 2008-12-15 12:26:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
POSIX specification:
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fchownat.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openat
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, 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
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@end itemize
--- doc/posix-functions/fdopendir.texi.orig 2008-12-15 12:29:26.000000000
+0100
+++ doc/posix-functions/fdopendir.texi 2008-12-15 12:26:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
POSIX specification:
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fdopendir.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openat
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, 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
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@end itemize
--- doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi.orig 2008-12-15 12:29:26.000000000
+0100
+++ doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi 2008-12-15 12:26:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
POSIX specification:
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fstatat.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openat
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, 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
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@end itemize
--- doc/posix-functions/mkdirat.texi.orig 2008-12-15 12:29:26.000000000
+0100
+++ doc/posix-functions/mkdirat.texi 2008-12-15 12:26:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
POSIX specification:
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mkdirat.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openat
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+glibc 2.3.6, 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 10, Cygwin, mingw, 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
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, 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 10, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@end itemize
--- doc/posix-functions/openat.texi.orig 2008-12-15 12:29:26.000000000
+0100
+++ doc/posix-functions/openat.texi 2008-12-15 12:26:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
POSIX specification:
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/openat.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openat
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, 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
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@end itemize
--- doc/posix-functions/unlinkat.texi.orig 2008-12-15 12:29:26.000000000
+0100
+++ doc/posix-functions/unlinkat.texi 2008-12-15 12:26:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
POSIX specification:
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/unlinkat.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openat
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, 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
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, 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, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@end itemize
