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mkstemp on cygwin creates binary files

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#6657: closed (Re: bug#6657: mkstemp on cygwin creates binary
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:10:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#6657: mkstemp on cygwin creates binary files

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 6657-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6657: mkstemp on cygwin creates binary files
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:04:31 +0200

tags 6657 notabug
thanks

Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> I recently got by private email a report that "sed -i" changed the
> line endings of the file to bare linefeeds on cygwin.  The reason for
> this is that mkstemp on cygwin hardcodes the flags to O_EXCL|O_BINARY:
>
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2006-q2/msg00013.html
>
> I fixed it by using instead mkostemp(template, 0).  From a quick "git
> grep", it seems like sort and tac are affected by the bug in
> coreutils.

Thanks for the heads up.
This turned out not to be a problem with coreutils,
so I'm marking this as "done".

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From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: mkstemp on cygwin creates binary files
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:27:18 +0200

I recently got by private email a report that "sed -i" changed the line 
endings of the file to bare linefeeds on cygwin.  The reason for this is 
that mkstemp on cygwin hardcodes the flags to O_EXCL|O_BINARY:

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2006-q2/msg00013.html

I fixed it by using instead mkostemp(template, 0).  From a quick "git 
grep", it seems like sort and tac are affected by the bug in coreutils.

Thanks!

Paolo

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