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Cygwin 1.7 now provides canonicalize_file_name and euidaccess. I'm also
documenting some bugs in cygwin 1.5 which have been fixed for cygwin 1.7.
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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake e...@byu.net
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>From a5c314221f0de1ba5cab590ba47a515fcd517d90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Blake <e...@byu.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:39:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention more cygwin 1.7 status
* doc/posix-functions/access.texi (access): Mention cygwin 1.5
bug.
* doc/posix-functions/execl.texi (execl): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execle.texi (execle): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi (execlp): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execv.texi (execv): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execve.texi (execve): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi (execvp): Likewise.
* doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
(canonicalize_file_name): Cygwin 1.7 now provides this.
* doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi (euidaccess): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi (fchmodat): Mention limitation
on AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <e...@byu.net>
---
ChangeLog | 17 +++++++++++++++++
doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi | 5 +++--
doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi | 5 +++--
doc/posix-functions/access.texi | 8 ++++++++
doc/posix-functions/execl.texi | 3 +++
doc/posix-functions/execle.texi | 3 +++
doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi | 3 +++
doc/posix-functions/execv.texi | 3 +++
doc/posix-functions/execve.texi | 3 +++
doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi | 3 +++
doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi | 7 +++++++
11 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7697802..385f048 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+2009-09-26 Eric Blake <e...@byu.net>
+
+ doc: mention more cygwin 1.7 status
+ * doc/posix-functions/access.texi (access): Mention cygwin 1.5
+ bug.
+ * doc/posix-functions/execl.texi (execl): Likewise.
+ * doc/posix-functions/execle.texi (execle): Likewise.
+ * doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi (execlp): Likewise.
+ * doc/posix-functions/execv.texi (execv): Likewise.
+ * doc/posix-functions/execve.texi (execve): Likewise.
+ * doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi (execvp): Likewise.
+ * doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
+ (canonicalize_file_name): Cygwin 1.7 now provides this.
+ * doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi (euidaccess): Likewise.
+ * doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi (fchmodat): Mention limitation
+ on AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW.
+
2009-09-24 Eric Blake <e...@byu.net>
test-linkat: make test more robust
diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
b/doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
index 5d17e26..91ccaa7 100644
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
+++ b/doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ canonicalize_file_name
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on all non-glibc 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 10, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+This function is missing on many non-glibc 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 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@item
This function fails to detect trailing slashes on non-directories on
some platforms:
diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi
b/doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi
index 1eb156f..5e39391 100644
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi
+++ b/doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ euidaccess
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on all non-glibc 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 10, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+This function is missing on many non-glibc 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 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/access.texi b/doc/posix-functions/access.texi
index cddfc54..8da410d 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/access.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/access.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,12 @@ access
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+This function uses the effective id instead of the real id on some
+platforms:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
+...@item
+There is an inherent race between calling this function and performing
+some action based on the results; you should think twice before
+trusting this function in a set-uid or set-gid program.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi
index 6fe0909..05b6244 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ execl
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi
index 86ddff6..a7d5cf9 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ execle
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi
index c0ae315..b14b7bb 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ execlp
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi
index 7172324..c45583f 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ execv
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi
index 0ef8eea..a78f656 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ execve
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi
index f37da90..bbac6b9 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ execvp
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi
b/doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi
index ffed0b9..3808f93 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi
@@ -17,4 +17,11 @@ fchmodat
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+...@item
+Some platforms do not allow changing the access bits on symbolic
+links. POSIX states that @code{fchmodat(@dots{},AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)}
+may fail with @code{EOPNOTSUPP} when called on a symlink, but some
+platforms, as well as the gnulib replacement, fail for any use of
+AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW even if the target was not a symlink:
+glibc, Cygwin.
@end itemize
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