bug#18406: O_NOATIME patch

On 9/11/14 1:13 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: Thanks, but there's no need for that; just have 'grep' complain if the option is used and O_NOATIME == 0. On looking into this more today, O_NOATIME seems to be just a best-effort thing as some GNU/Linux filesystems ignore it, so grep should just join th

bug#17981: [PATCH] maint.mk: less syntax-check noise when SIGPIPE is ignored

On 7/11/14 2:12 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: Yes, that's the basic idea.  Sorry I did not explain it clearly enough. Please feel free to forward this on to the Austin group. Later Austin group commentary suggested that this issue is no reason