Thomas Schwinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> While I'm not that proficient in these issues,
Nor am i.
> /* Return the io server port for file descriptor FD.
> This adds a Mach user reference to the returned port.
> On error, sets `errno' and returns MACH_PORT_NULL. */
Thanks, that looks quite promising. Is a "Mach user reference" the
sort of thing that mach_port_deallocate removes? If so, does the
following patch work for you? Is the diagnostic appropriate?
> Please tell if you (or anyone else, of course) need access to a GNU/Hurd
> system.
I'm afraid it's a lot to learn all at once; I was hoping you could
help with the minor porting problems.
--- copy.c 2006-07-05 02:08:42.000000000 -0700
+++ /home/eggert/junk/copy.c 2006-07-20 16:06:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -213,12 +213,17 @@ set_owner (const struct cp_options *x, c
static void
set_author (const char *dst_name, int dest_desc, const struct stat *src_sb)
{
- /* FIXME: Preserve the st_author field via the file descriptor dest_desc. */
#if HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_AUTHOR
/* Preserve the st_author field. */
- file_t file = file_name_lookup (dst_name, 0, 0);
+ file_t file = (dest_desc < 0
+ ? file_name_lookup (dst_name, 0, 0)
+ : getdport (dest_desc));
if (file == MACH_PORT_NULL)
- error (0, errno, _("failed to lookup file %s"), quote (dst_name));
+ error (0, errno,
+ _(dest_desc < 0
+ ? "failed to lookup file %s"
+ : "failed to get a dtable port for file %s"),
+ quote (dst_name));
else
{
error_t err = file_chauthor (file, src_sb.st_author);
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