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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog12
-rw-r--r--doc/posix-functions/stat.texi6
-rw-r--r--m4/stat.m418
-rw-r--r--modules/stat-tests2
-rw-r--r--tests/test-fstatat.c18
-rw-r--r--tests/test-stat.c13
-rw-r--r--tests/test-stat.h45
7 files changed, 91 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 27e385805f..c223b02c31 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2009-11-09 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ stat: detect FreeBSD bug
+ * m4/stat.m4 (gl_FUNC_STAT): Also detect FreeBSD bug with slash on
+ symlink.
+ * doc/posix-functions/stat.texi (stat): Document the bug.
+ * tests/test-stat.h (test_stat_func): Add argument.
+ * tests/test-stat.c (main): Adjust caller.
+ * tests/test-fstatat.c (main): Likewise.
+ * modules/stat-tests (Depends-on): Add stdbool, symlink.
+ Reported by Jim Meyering.
+
2009-11-09 James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>
strftime.c: include ignore-value.h only when FPRINTFTIME is defined
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/stat.texi b/doc/posix-functions/stat.texi
index 5fdb683afe..ef09740eed 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/stat.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/stat.texi
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Gnulib module: stat
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-On some platforms, @code{stat("file/",buf)} succeeds instead of
-failing with @code{ENOTDIR}.
-Solaris 9.
+On some platforms, @code{stat("link-to-file/",buf)} succeeds instead
+of failing with @code{ENOTDIR}.
+FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9.
@item
On some platforms, @code{stat(".",buf)} and @code{stat("./",buf)} give
different results:
diff --git a/m4/stat.m4 b/m4/stat.m4
index 0a10de14f3..ce6933b3cd 100644
--- a/m4/stat.m4
+++ b/m4/stat.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# serial 2
+# serial 3
# Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_STAT],
AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
AC_REQUIRE([gl_AC_DOS])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_SYS_STAT_H_DEFAULTS])
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([lstat])
dnl mingw is the only known platform where stat(".") and stat("./") differ
AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether stat handles trailing slashes on directories],
[gl_cv_func_stat_dir_slash],
@@ -24,15 +25,26 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_STAT],
*) gl_cv_func_stat_dir_slash="guessing yes";;
esac])])
dnl Solaris 9 mistakenly succeeds on stat("file/")
+ dnl FreeBSD 7.2 mistakenly succeeds on stat("link-to-file/")
AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether stat handles trailing slashes on files],
[gl_cv_func_stat_file_slash],
[touch conftest.tmp
+ # Assume that if we have lstat, we can also check symlinks.
+ if test $ac_cv_func_lstat = yes; then
+ ln -s conftest.tmp conftest.lnk
+ fi
AC_RUN_IFELSE(
[AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
[[#include <sys/stat.h>
-]], [[struct stat st; return !stat ("conftest.tmp/", &st);]])],
+]], [[struct stat st;
+ if (!stat ("conftest.tmp/", &st)) return 1;
+#if HAVE_LSTAT
+ if (!stat ("conftest.lnk/", &st)) return 2;
+#endif
+ ]])],
[gl_cv_func_stat_file_slash=yes], [gl_cv_func_stat_file_slash=no],
- [gl_cv_func_stat_file_slash="guessing no"])])
+ [gl_cv_func_stat_file_slash="guessing no"])
+ rm -f conftest.tmp conftest.lnk])
case $gl_cv_func_stat_dir_slash in
*no) REPLACE_STAT=1
AC_DEFINE([REPLACE_FUNC_STAT_DIR], [1], [Define to 1 if stat needs
diff --git a/modules/stat-tests b/modules/stat-tests
index 93444aac33..eb81446a01 100644
--- a/modules/stat-tests
+++ b/modules/stat-tests
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tests/test-stat.c
Depends-on:
pathmax
same-inode
+stdbool
+symlink
configure.ac:
diff --git a/tests/test-fstatat.c b/tests/test-fstatat.c
index ad5434e081..e965997b29 100644
--- a/tests/test-fstatat.c
+++ b/tests/test-fstatat.c
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
do \
{ \
if (!(expr)) \
- { \
- fprintf (stderr, "%s:%d: assertion failed\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
- fflush (stderr); \
- abort (); \
- } \
+ { \
+ fprintf (stderr, "%s:%d: assertion failed\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+ fflush (stderr); \
+ abort (); \
+ } \
} \
while (0)
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ int
main (void)
{
int result;
- ASSERT (test_stat_func (do_stat) == 0);
- result = test_lstat_func (do_lstat, false);
+ result = test_stat_func (do_stat, false);
+ ASSERT (test_lstat_func (do_lstat, false) == result);
dfd = open (".", O_RDONLY);
ASSERT (0 <= dfd);
- ASSERT (test_stat_func (do_stat) == 0);
+ ASSERT (test_stat_func (do_stat, false) == result);
ASSERT (test_lstat_func (do_lstat, false) == result);
ASSERT (close (dfd) == 0);
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ main (void)
if (result == 77)
fputs ("skipping test: symlinks not supported on this file system\n",
- stderr);
+ stderr);
return result;
}
diff --git a/tests/test-stat.c b/tests/test-stat.c
index 61a9d90182..fc11731467 100644
--- a/tests/test-stat.c
+++ b/tests/test-stat.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
@@ -33,11 +34,11 @@
do \
{ \
if (!(expr)) \
- { \
- fprintf (stderr, "%s:%d: assertion failed\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
- fflush (stderr); \
- abort (); \
- } \
+ { \
+ fprintf (stderr, "%s:%d: assertion failed\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+ fflush (stderr); \
+ abort (); \
+ } \
} \
while (0)
@@ -56,5 +57,5 @@ do_stat (char const *name, struct stat *st)
int
main (void)
{
- return test_stat_func (do_stat);
+ return test_stat_func (do_stat, true);
}
diff --git a/tests/test-stat.h b/tests/test-stat.h
index 17bb43fe47..8f7897cabb 100644
--- a/tests/test-stat.h
+++ b/tests/test-stat.h
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
/* This file is designed to test both stat(n,buf) and
fstatat(AT_FDCWD,n,buf,0). FUNC is the function to test. Assumes
that BASE and ASSERT are already defined, and that appropriate
- headers are already included. */
+ headers are already included. If PRINT, warn before skipping
+ symlink tests with status 77. */
static int
-test_stat_func (int (*func) (char const *, struct stat *))
+test_stat_func (int (*func) (char const *, struct stat *), bool print)
{
struct stat st1;
struct stat st2;
@@ -53,7 +54,47 @@ test_stat_func (int (*func) (char const *, struct stat *))
errno = 0;
ASSERT (func (BASE "file/", &st1) == -1);
ASSERT (errno == ENOTDIR);
+
+ /* Now for some symlink tests, where supported. We set up:
+ link1 -> directory
+ link2 -> file
+ link3 -> dangling
+ link4 -> loop
+ then test behavior with trailing slash.
+ */
+ if (symlink (".", BASE "link1") != 0)
+ {
+ ASSERT (unlink (BASE "file") == 0);
+ if (print)
+ fputs ("skipping test: symlinks not supported on this file system\n",
+ stderr);
+ return 77;
+ }
+ ASSERT (symlink (BASE "file", BASE "link2") == 0);
+ ASSERT (symlink (BASE "nosuch", BASE "link3") == 0);
+ ASSERT (symlink (BASE "link4", BASE "link4") == 0);
+
+ ASSERT (func (BASE "link1/", &st1) == 0);
+ ASSERT (S_ISDIR (st1.st_mode));
+
+ errno = 0;
+ ASSERT (func (BASE "link2/", &st1) == -1);
+ ASSERT (errno == ENOTDIR);
+
+ errno = 0;
+ ASSERT (func (BASE "link3/", &st1) == -1);
+ ASSERT (errno == ENOENT);
+
+ errno = 0;
+ ASSERT (func (BASE "link4/", &st1) == -1);
+ ASSERT (errno == ELOOP);
+
+ /* Cleanup. */
ASSERT (unlink (BASE "file") == 0);
+ ASSERT (unlink (BASE "link1") == 0);
+ ASSERT (unlink (BASE "link2") == 0);
+ ASSERT (unlink (BASE "link3") == 0);
+ ASSERT (unlink (BASE "link4") == 0);
return 0;
}