GNU bug report logs - #53136
28.0.90; segfault in lock_file

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 53136 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53136: 28.0.90; segfault in lock_file
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:16:35 +0000 (UTC)

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 [Sorry for the webmail, but Yahoo SMTP is wedged; I hope Reply All
worked and this reaches the bug tracker]

> 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.
  

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