Re: [Bug-tar] FreeBSD 8: openat() yes, fdopendir() no

[Eric Blake]

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[adding bug-gnulib; replies can drop bug-tar]

According to Christian Weisgerber on 4/8/2008 9:51 AM:
| GNU tar 1.19 fails to build on FreeBSD 8-CURRENT (starting from
| 2008-03-31).  The problem is code in lib/getcwd.c and lib/savedir.c
| that mistakenly assumes if openat() is available, so will be
| fdopendir().  FreeBSD imported the Solaris-style *at() functions,
| but it does not have fdopendir(), and I don't see how the existence
| of the one should imply the existence of the other.
|
| Apparently the problematic code is shared across GNU projects.  At
| least fileutils is affected as well.

Indeed.  It looks like gnulib needs an fdopendir module, separate from
openat.  Care to help implement one?

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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