Paolo Bonzini asked: > > * modules/fclose-tests (Depends-on): Add fdopen. > > * modules/fflush-tests (Depends-on): Likewise. > > * modules/fgetc-tests (Depends-on): Likewise. > > * modules/fputc-tests (Depends-on): Likewise. > > * modules/fread-tests (Depends-on): Likewise. > > * modules/freopen-tests (Depends-on): Likewise. > > * modules/fseeko-tests (Depends-on): Likewise. > > * modules/ftello-tests (Depends-on): Likewise. > > * modules/fwrite-tests (Depends-on): Likewise. > > Why?
These tests (test-fgetc.c etc.) call fdopen (-1, "r"), which is supposed to return NULL / EBADF. But -- see doc/posix-functions/fdopen.texi -- this call crashes on MSVC 9, and the gnulib 'fdopen' module provides the workaround (through an invalid parameter handler that prevents the crash). Bruno -- In memoriam Pavlos Bakoyannis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlos_Bakoyannis>
