Paul Eggert wrote: > Further testing with tar has revealed a bug with AIX 7.1's > implementation of fstatat (this time for real, I think :-). > I'm installing this patch into gnulib so that it can propagate > into tar. > > openat: test for fstatat (AT_FDCWD, ..., 0) bug > This tests for another fstatat bug on AIX 7.1: > fstatat (AT_FDCWD, ..., 0) does not work. See > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2011-09/msg00015.html>. > * lib/fstatat.c (FSTATAT_AT_FDCWD_0_BROKEN) > (LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK): Default to 0. > (rpl_fstatat): Adjust so that it works around either (or both) > bugs if present. > * m4/openat.m4 (gl_FUNC_FSTATAT): Test for this fstatat bug.
Thanks, Paul. It'd be easier to find/fix things like this if a few key people had access to such a system. If anyone knows of a public system or can arrange for something private, please let us know.
