Subject: Re: bug#53136: 28.0.90; segfault in lock_file

From: Po Lu <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:16:35 +0000 (UTC)

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> Ugh!

I agree completely.

> Fixing each place individually is a time bomb: no one will remember
> that after enough time has passed, and we will add bugs.

> The only alternative is to filter errno via some macro, which will do
> nothing on all platforms but Haiku, where it will map them to Posix
> values. Butt-ugly, but it's not our fault.

Hmm, perhaps gnulib can do something in this area? Paul, any ideas?
Thanks in advance.