Re: stdio: don't require ignore_value around fwrite

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible wrote:
>> +    This patch works around libc bug 11959
>> +    <http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11959>.
>
> This glibc bug is in status "NEW". I think before adding a workaround in
> gnulib, the first action should be to ping the glibc maintainers about it.
> If they close it as rejected / invalid / won't fix, then IMO we can consider
> to do something in gnulib about it.

Hi Bruno,

If you're inclined, you're welcome to raise the issue.  However, ...

Uli and I spoke about it at length a couple of months ago,
but he was adamant in refusing to remove the __wur attribute
on glibc's fwrite declaration.