diff m4/sys_stat_h.m4 @ 12267:c400da5f66bb

mknod: new module Solaris 9 mknod("name/",mode,dev) mistakenly creates "name" for non-directory mode. FreeBSD 7.2 mknod("dangling/",mode,dev) mistakenly creates the target of the symlink if run as root. FreeBSD and OpenBSD mknod("fifo",S_IFIFO|mode,0) fails for non-root. Use of mknod caused link failures on mingw. * modules/mknod: New file. * m4/mknod.m4 (gl_FUNC_MKNOD): Likewise. * lib/mknod.c (mknod): Likewise. * m4/sys_stat_h.m4 (gl_SYS_STAT_H_DEFAULTS): Set witness defaults. * modules/sys_stat (Makefile.am): Substitute them. * lib/sys_stat.in.h (mknod): Declare replacement. * MODULES.html.sh (Support for systems lacking POSIX:2008): Document it. * doc/posix-functions/mknod.texi (mknod): Likewise. * modules/mknod-tests: New test. * tests/test-mknod.c: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
author Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
date Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:23:04 -0700
parents 37fd04a02bc8
children c2cbabec01dd
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--- a/m4/sys_stat_h.m4
+++ b/m4/sys_stat_h.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# sys_stat_h.m4 serial 20   -*- Autoconf -*-
+# sys_stat_h.m4 serial 21   -*- Autoconf -*-
 dnl Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   GNULIB_MKDIRAT=0;     AC_SUBST([GNULIB_MKDIRAT])
   GNULIB_MKFIFO=0;      AC_SUBST([GNULIB_MKFIFO])
   GNULIB_MKFIFOAT=0;    AC_SUBST([GNULIB_MKFIFOAT])
+  GNULIB_MKNOD=0;       AC_SUBST([GNULIB_MKNOD])
   GNULIB_MKNODAT=0;     AC_SUBST([GNULIB_MKNODAT])
   GNULIB_STAT=0;        AC_SUBST([GNULIB_STAT])
   GNULIB_UTIMENSAT=0;   AC_SUBST([GNULIB_UTIMENSAT])
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
   HAVE_MKDIRAT=1;       AC_SUBST([HAVE_MKDIRAT])
   HAVE_MKFIFO=1;        AC_SUBST([HAVE_MKFIFO])
   HAVE_MKFIFOAT=1;      AC_SUBST([HAVE_MKFIFOAT])
+  HAVE_MKNOD=1;         AC_SUBST([HAVE_MKNOD])
   HAVE_MKNODAT=1;       AC_SUBST([HAVE_MKNODAT])
   HAVE_UTIMENSAT=1;     AC_SUBST([HAVE_UTIMENSAT])
   REPLACE_FSTAT=0;      AC_SUBST([REPLACE_FSTAT])
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@
   REPLACE_LSTAT=0;      AC_SUBST([REPLACE_LSTAT])
   REPLACE_MKDIR=0;      AC_SUBST([REPLACE_MKDIR])
   REPLACE_MKFIFO=0;     AC_SUBST([REPLACE_MKFIFO])
+  REPLACE_MKNOD=0;      AC_SUBST([REPLACE_MKNOD])
   REPLACE_STAT=0;       AC_SUBST([REPLACE_STAT])
   REPLACE_UTIMENSAT=0;  AC_SUBST([REPLACE_UTIMENSAT])
 ])