On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 02:56:46PM +0000, Eric Blake wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 06:17:13AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >> >While you're at it, fix realpath(NULL, buf) to set buf[0]='\0', instead of >> >leaving garbage there. >> >> What's the rationale for touching buf when realpath is returning an error >> and setting EINVAL? > >Because POSIX states that buf is indeterminate on error, and >because Corrina's patch caused a regression (ie. 1.5.18 was >setting buf[0] to 0 on error). QofI states that we might as >well make the indeterminate buffer useful, in case a user >forgets to check the return value being NULL.
linux leaves the buffer alone, as far as I can tell. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
