Derek Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As near as I can tell, stat and lstat do not define names for their
> replacements as many of the other GNULIB modules do.
Yes. The 'stat' and 'lstat' modules look incomplete. I think this should
be added to make them usable out-of-the-box.
diff -c -3 -r1.20 lstat.m4
*** m4/lstat.m4 2 May 2005 07:00:50 -0000 1.20
--- m4/lstat.m4 25 May 2005 11:17:55 -0000
***************
*** 19,24 ****
--- 19,25 ----
AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LSTAT],
[
AC_REQUIRE([AC_FUNC_LSTAT])
+ AC_REQUIRE([AC_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK])
dnl Note: AC_FUNC_LSTAT does AC_LIBOBJ(lstat).
:
])
*** /dev/null 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
--- lib/sys_stat.h 2005-05-25 13:16:45.000000000 +0200
***************
*** 0 ****
--- 1,37 ----
+ /* Retrieving information about files.
+ Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+
+ /* gl_stat() is a fixed version of stat().
+ gl_lstat() is a fixed version of lstat().
+ We cannot offer a stat() and lstat() function because on some hosts,
+ a "#define stat stat64" and "#define lstat lstat64" is being used. */
+
+ #if HAVE_STAT_EMPTY_STRING_BUG
+ extern int rpl_stat (const char *name, struct stat *buf);
+ # define gl_stat(name,buf) rpl_stat (name, buf)
+ #else
+ # define gl_stat(name,buf) stat (name, buf)
+ #endif
+
+ #if HAVE_LSTAT_EMPTY_STRING_BUG || !LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK
+ extern int rpl_lstat (const char *name, struct stat *buf);
+ # define gl_lstat(name,buf) rpl_lstat (name, buf)
+ #else
+ # define gl_lstat(name,buf) lstat (name, buf)
+ #endif
Paul Eggert wrote:
> A big worry here is hosts that use something like "#define stat
> stat64" when compiled in large-file mode.
Yes. I've also seen this problem on Linux/x86 when a non-gcc compiler
(such as the Intel icc compiler) is used.
Bruno
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