Re: bash-shipped getcwd() replacement does not work on interix.

[Chet Ramey]

Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
> Machine: i586
> OS: interix5.2
> Compiler: gcc 
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i586'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='interix5.2' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i586-pc-interix5.2'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc'
> -DLOCALEDIR='/tools/snapshot/prefix-launcher-1pre.20071219/i586-pc-interix5.2/share/locale'
>  -DPACKAGE='bash' 
> -DLOCAL_PREFIX=/tools/snapshot/prefix-launcher-1pre.20071219/i586-pc-interix5.2
>  -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DNO_MAIN_ENV_ARG -DBROKEN_DIRENT_D_INO 
> -D_POSIX_SOURCE   -I.  
> -I/tss/prefix-launcher-1pre.20071219/buildroot/bash/bash-3.2 
> -I/tss/prefix-launcher-1pre.20071219/buildroot/bash/bash-3.2/include 
> -I/tss/prefix-launcher-1pre.20071219/buildroot/bash/bash-3.2/lib   -g -O2
> uname output: Interix pc312001 5.2 SP-9.0.3790.3034 x86
> Intel_x86_Family6_Model15_Stepping6
> Machine Type: i586-pc-interix5.2
> 
> Bash Version: 3.2 
> Patch Level: 33
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>     Bash uses getcwd-replacement if libc provides getcwd without the
>     feature of allocating the buffer when called without one.
>     This override is done in config-bot.h, with an exception for
>     solaris already.
>     Problem now is that getcwd-replacement does not work on Interix
>     (SUA 5.2 here).

I'd be more interested in knowing why it doesn't work in this case,
instead of discarding it.  Since I neither have nor use Interix, I
need someone who does to investigate the issue a little bit.

Chet

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