Hi Bruno,

Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> writes:

> Thanks. Let me tweak the configure test:
>   - It is confusing that the test has an open file descriptor to the file
>     being renamed.
>   - It is useful for the test to return a bit mask, instead of having
>     two 'return 1;' cases. Namely, if the test fails on some new platform,
>     we would like to document the bug on that platform. If each possible
>     bug corresponds to a distinct exit code, we can determine the bug
>     by looking into config.log — no need to run a modified test program
>     manually.

Thanks, that makes sense. I'll keep those points in mind for next time.

Collin

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