kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/mknod.texi

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  Date : 2013-10-16T07:47:53
  

  mkfifo-tests, etc.: allow HP-UX 11.11 bug
  
  Problem reported by Daniel Richard G. in
  <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2013-10/msg00068.html>.
  * doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi (mkfifo):
  * doc/posix-functions/mkfifoat.texi (mkfifoat):
  * doc/posix-functions/mknod.texi (mknod):
  * doc/posix-functions/mknodat.texi (mknodat):
  Document the HP-UX 11.11 bug.
  * tests/test-mkfifo.h (test_mkfifo):
  Allow the HP-UX 11.11 bug.
  

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• doc/posix-functions/mknod.texi

• @node mknod
  @section @code{mknod}
  @findex mknod
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mknod.html}
  
  Gnulib module: mknod
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function requires super-user privileges to create a fifo:
  FreeBSD 7.2, OpenBSD 3.8.
  @item
  This function mishandles trailing slash on some platforms:
  FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9.
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement
  always fails with @code{ENOSYS}:
  mingw, MSVC 9.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  Use of this function for anything except fifos is not portable,
  generally requiring super-user privileges and knowledge of supported
  device numbers.
  @item
  If the argument exists and is a directory, this function fails with
  @code{EISDIR} instead of the correct @code{EEXIST}:
  HP-UX 11.11.
  @end itemize
  

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