GNU bug report logs - #12881
Assume at least POSIX.1-1988 for fcntl.h

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Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 12881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12881: Assume at least POSIX.1-1988 for fcntl.h
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:29:30 +0100
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> It's not.  It involves careful reading of the code and of the Posix
> spec, that's all.

Well, perhaps. But watching the back-and-forth between Paul and you,
it seems to me that things aren't so straightforward. A "careful
reading" of such a snake pit doesn't seem to me to be that far from my
"well versed" description.

    Juanma




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