[PATCH] fcntl-h: check for AIX 7.1 bug with O_NOFOLLOW and O_CREAT

* m4/fcntl-o.m4 (gl_FCNTL_O_FLAGS): Check for AIX 7.1 bug that caused a GNU tar test failure. Problem reported by Jez Wain; see . --- ChangeLog | 7 +++ m4/fcntl-o.m4 | 13 - 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1

Re: [PATCH] printf: remove stupid restriction on %n

On 09/10/2012 06:49 AM, Bruce Korb wrote: > Error messages explaining where you've > gone astray seem like they are worth the small amount of > extra work. Sure, but people who want that can build their applications with Fortify. I.e., there's already a way to get those error messages, for people

Re: [PATCH] printf: remove stupid restriction on %n

On 09/09/12 18:28, Paul Eggert wrote: > Another option is > > (c) the ability to use %n in read-only format strings only > > ... but we wouldn't need to do step 3 (reject uses of > %n in writable memory), which would be less work. You'd need to field issues about strange behavior that folks