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Re: [PATCH] tests: readlink* ("", ... fails with EINVAL on newer kernels
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [PATCH] tests: readlink* ("", ... fails with EINVAL on newer kernels |
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Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:28:09 -0600 |
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On 03/30/2011 12:49 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> coreutils' "make check" failed on rawhide due to a kernel change
> in how readlink and readlinkat treat the empty file name.
> Before, they'd fail with ENOENT. Now, it's EINVAL.
That's unfortunate, because it violates POSIX. Is it worth filing a bug
against glibc to avoid exposing the kernel's choice to the user?
But I agree with the patch.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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