New module 'fstat'. * lib/sys_stat.in.h (fstat): Declare only if GNULIB_FSTAT is set. * lib/fstat.c: New file, based on a piece of lib/fchdir.c. * lib/fchdir.c (rpl_fstat): Remove function. * m4/fstat.m4: New file. * m4/fchdir.m4 (gl_FUNC_FCHDIR): Don't set REPLACE_FSTAT. * m4/sys_stat_h.m4 (gl_HEADER_SYS_STAT_H): Test whether fstat is declared. (gl_SYS_STAT_H_DEFAULTS): Initialize GNULIB_FSTAT. * modules/sys_stat (Makefile.am): Substitute GNULIB_FSTAT. * modules/fstat: New file. * modules/sys_stat-tests (Depends-on): Remove fstat-tests. * tests/test-sys_stat-c++.cc (fstat): Check only if GNULIB_TEST_FSTAT is set. * doc/posix-functions/fstat.texi: Mention the new module and the problem on MSVC. * NEWS: Mention the change. * modules/acl (Depends-on): Add fstat. * modules/chdir-safer (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/chown (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/copy-file (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/fchdir (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/fdopendir (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/fopen (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/fts (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/getcwd (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/isapipe (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/linkat (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/lseek (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/mkdir-p (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/open (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/openat (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/read-file (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/renameat (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/utimens (Depends-on): Likewise.

Description:
chown() function: change ownership of a file, following symlinks.

Files:
lib/chown.c
lib/fchown-stub.c
m4/chown.m4

Depends-on:
unistd
fstat           [test $HAVE_CHOWN = 0 || test $REPLACE_CHOWN = 1]
open            [test $HAVE_CHOWN = 0 || test $REPLACE_CHOWN = 1]
stat            [test $HAVE_CHOWN = 0 || test $REPLACE_CHOWN = 1]
stdbool         [test $HAVE_CHOWN = 0 || test $REPLACE_CHOWN = 1]
sys_stat        [test $HAVE_CHOWN = 0 || test $REPLACE_CHOWN = 1]

configure.ac:
gl_FUNC_CHOWN
if test $HAVE_CHOWN = 0 || test $REPLACE_CHOWN = 1; then
  AC_LIBOBJ([chown])
fi
if test $REPLACE_CHOWN = 1 && test $ac_cv_func_fchown = no; then
  AC_LIBOBJ([fchown-stub])
fi
gl_UNISTD_MODULE_INDICATOR([chown])

Makefile.am:

Include:
<unistd.h>

License:
LGPLv2+

Maintainer:
Jim Meyering