Bruno Haible wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote in > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2012-01/msg00059.html>: >> > FAIL: rm/unread3 >> > ================ >> > rm: unable to record current working directory: Too many open files >> > rm: unable to record current working directory: Too many open files >> >> I might debug it if I had access to such a system. >> On the other hand, I get the impression that there are so few AIX 5.x >> systems around and in actual use that it's probably not worth it. >> Besides, they're probably (due to lack of openat-etc. support) using >> the save-cwd emulation layer, which few systems use these days. >> >> Given the fundamental failures reflected in this report, >> what do you think about removing AIX 5.1 from gnulib's list of >> reasonable portability targets? > > Our rule of thumb [1] is to provide gnulib support as long as vendor support > exists. > > According to Wikipedia [2], the vendor support of AIX 5.1 ended in 2006, > the one of AIX 5.2 in 2009, and AIX 5.3 is still vendor-supported. > > So I have no problem with dropping AIX 5.1 and 5.2 from the list of platforms > I test on, and use AIX 5.3 instead. It has openat().
Good to hear. Thanks.
