Re: missing dependencies on 'fchdir'

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> findutils-4.3.6 uses some of the gnulib modules, in particular 'fts' and
> 'savedir'. On BeOS, this gives warnings and link errors due to the missing
> fchdir function:
...
> Here is a suggested fix: add the dependency to the 'fchdir' module, which is
> known to provide a reasonably working fchdir replacement.
>
> OK to apply, Jim?
>
> 2007-05-26  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>
>
>       * modules/chdir-long (Depends-on): Add fchdir.
>       * modules/chdir-safer (Depends-on): Likewise.
>       * modules/fts (Depends-on): Likewise.
>       * modules/fts-lgpl (Depends-on): Likewise.
>       * modules/openat (Depends-on): Likewise.
>       * modules/savewd (Depends-on): Likewise.

Hi Bruno,

Yes, that change is fine.

As you know, this is precisely why the fchdir module came into being:
to let deficient systems like BeOS use those fchdir-requiring modules
along with any other fchdir-using code.