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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/glibc-functions/mkostemp.texi b/gnulib/doc/glibc-functions/mkostemp.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..744f94b --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/glibc-functions/mkostemp.texi @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +@node mkostemp +@subsection @code{mkostemp} +@findex mkostemp + +Gnulib module: mkostemp + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is missing on many non-glibc platforms: +MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, +IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.7.5, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS. +@item +On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{mkostemp} may not work +correctly to create files larger than 2 GB. (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.) +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@end itemize + +The gnulib module @code{clean-temp} can create temporary files that will not +be left behind after signals such as SIGINT. |