Re: [patch #6758] Add support for Atari FreeMiNT OS

[Alan Hourihane]

On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 16:40 -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Alan Hourihane on 2/28/2009 4:31 PM:
> >> I'll change things around now.
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> > The above is a little unfair as FreeMiNT has problems seeking beyond the
> > end of stdin, so I had to modify the test to remove that final check.
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> Unfair or not, POSIX requires it:
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fseek.html
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> "The fseek() function shall allow the file-position indicator to be set
> beyond the end of existing data in the file. If data is later written at
> this point, subsequent reads of data in the gap shall return bytes with
> the value 0 until data is actually written into the gap."

I know. It's a kernel issue that needs dealing with, but for now we're
failing that part. Just informing you guys of the current problem.
That's all.

Alan.