On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:52:27PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:24:44PM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Joe Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:07:10PM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote: > > >> libgfortran calls fork/exec /bin/chmod to parse argument to chmod. > > >> Is that OK to borrow code from coreutils which implements /bin/chmod > > >> to properly implement chmod? coreutils is under GPLv3 while libgfortran > > >> is under GPLv2 + exception. Is that possible to get permission from > > >> the FSF to borrow code from coreutils? > > > > > > If the consensus of the Fortran maintainers is that this is the right > > > thing to do, the SC can ask the FSF for permission. > > > > > > > I don't know if this counts: > > > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2008-07/msg00046.html > > > > Do you have an application that shows that the current > implementation of chmod() is a bottleneck?
Yes, this might be a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
