tests/test-xalloc-die.sh: Use $EXEEXT.

[gnulib.git] / doc / posix-functions / rmdir.texi

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi b/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
index b259d5a..aca8b8b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ Gnulib module: rmdir
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
+This function mistakenly removes a directory with
+@code{rmdir("dir/./")} on some platforms:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
+@item
+This function fails with @code{EINVAL} instead of the expected
+@code{ENOTDIR} for @code{rmdir("file/")} on some platforms:
+mingw.
+@item
 This function is missing on some old platforms.
 @end itemize
 
@@ -17,4 +25,9 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @item
 When @code{rmdir} fails because the specified directory is not empty, the
 @code{errno} value is system dependent.
+@item
+POSIX requires that @code{rmdir("link-to-empty/")} remove @file{empty}
+and leave @file{link-to-empty} as a dangling symlink.  This is
+counter-intuitive, so some systems fail with @code{ENOTDIR} instead:
+glibc
 @end itemize