GNU bug report logs - #39371
Extend workaround for Cygwin O_PATH bug

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Reported by: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 39371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
Cc: 39371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39371: Extend workaround for Cygwin O_PATH bug
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:13:21 +0200

> From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:14:47 -0500
> 
> Commit 0b2841f9 introduced a workaround for a problem opening FIFOs with the 
> O_PATH flag, in Cygwin versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.7.  It turns out that there 
> are problems opening sockets and symlinks with O_PATH in versions 3.1.0 through 
> 3.1.2, so the workaround needs to be extended to these versions.
> 
> The attached patch does this.  The bug number still has to be filled in.

Fine with me, thanks.
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