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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 4fc10daa05477586fea99b6b3ca02a87d1102fa diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/lchown.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/lchown.texi new file mode 100644 index 00000000..595a05ce --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/lchown.texi @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +@node lchown +@section @code{lchown} +@findex lchown + +POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/lchown.html} + +Gnulib module: lchown + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +Some platforms fail to detect trailing slash on non-directories, as in +@code{lchown("link-to-file/",uid,gid)}: +FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9. +@item +Some platforms fail to update the change time when at least one +argument was not -1, but no ownership changes resulted. However, +without @code{lchmod}, the replacement only fixes this for non-symlinks: +OpenBSD 4.0. +@item +This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement +fails on symlinks if @code{chown} is supported, and fails altogether +with @code{ENOSYS} otherwise: +MacOS X 10.3, mingw, BeOS. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@end itemize |