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| author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-10-06 16:08:46 -0600 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-10-07 07:13:52 -0600 |
| commit | cb7317d75af2de40fecdd949e3fb11a85b09e10a (patch) | |
| tree | fe5e9df66d0f549d68fb73bb1462690275964277 /doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi | |
| parent | da8f2a565cd9522f2a3a1400e538d1853374aa08 (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-cb7317d75af2de40fecdd949e3fb11a85b09e10a.tar.gz | |
mkdir, mkdirat: fix cygwin 1.5.x bug
mkdir("dir/./",mode) mistakenly succeeded.
* lib/mkdir.c (rpl_mkdir) [FUNC_MKDIR_DOT_BUG]: Work around bug.
* m4/mkdir-slash.m4 (gl_FUNC_MKDIR_TRAILING_SLASH): Move...
* m4/mkdir.m4 (gl_FUNC_MKDIR): ...here, and add check for cygwin
bug.
(gl_PREREQ_MKDIR): Delete unused macro.
* modules/mkdir (Files): Track file rename.
(configure.ac): Update macro name.
* modules/openat (Depends-on): Add mkdir.
* doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi (mkdir): Document the bug.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi')
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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi b/doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi index 20d13bb83c..69b67a5289 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @item When the argument ends in a slash, the function call fails on some platforms. @item +This function mistakenly succeeds on @samp{mkdir("d/./",mode)} on +some platforms: +Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw. +@item On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function is called @code{_mkdir} and takes only one argument. The fix (without Gnulib) is to define a macro like this: |