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@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2023-04-08 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + doc: Mention another Haiku bug. + * doc/posix-functions/open.texi: Mention a Haiku bug with symlinks. + +2023-04-08 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + Avoid Autoconf "was expanded before it was required" warning. * m4/exponentf.m4 (gl_FLOAT_EXPONENT_LOCATION): Define through AC_DEFUN_ONCE. diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/open.texi b/doc/posix-functions/open.texi index 791e58a8e6..aa4f08b67d 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/open.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/open.texi @@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: The Gnulib replacement for @code{O_CLOEXEC} is not atomic, and so is not safe in the presence of multiple threads or signal handlers. @item +@code{open ("symlink", O_CREAT ...)} fails when the argument points to a +nonexistent file in an existing directory on some platforms: +@c https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/18355 +Haiku. +@item @code{open ("symlink", O_NOFOLLOW ...)} fails with @code{errno} set to @code{EMLINK} instead of the POSIX-required @code{ELOOP} on some platforms: |