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[gnulib.git] / lib / xstat.in

diff --git a/lib/xstat.in b/lib/xstat.in
index 825ae19..77c367e 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/xstat.in
+++ b/lib/xstat.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /* Work around the bug in some systems whereby @xstat@ succeeds when
    given the zero-length file name argument.  The @xstat@ from SunOS4.1.4
    has this bug.
-   Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ extern int errno;
 #endif
 @BEGIN_LSTAT_ONLY@
 
+#if HAVE_STDLIB_H
+# include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef STAT_MACROS_BROKEN
 # undef S_ISLNK
 #endif
@@ -39,9 +43,16 @@ extern int errno;
 # define S_ISLNK(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef HAVE_DECL_FREE
+"this configure-time declaration test was not run"
+#endif
+#if !HAVE_DECL_FREE
+void free ();
+#endif
+
 char *xmalloc ();
 
-/* lstat works different on Linux and Solaris systems.  POSIX (see
+/* lstat works differently on Linux and Solaris systems.  POSIX (see
    `pathname resolution' in the glossary) requires that programs like `ls'
    take into consideration the fact that FILE has a trailing slash when
    FILE is a symbolic link.  On Linux systems, the lstat function already
@@ -69,8 +80,7 @@ slash_aware_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
   /* FILE refers to a symbolic link and the name ends with a slash.
      Append a `.' to FILE and repeat the lstat call.  */
 
-  /* Add one for the `.' we might have to append, and one more
-     for the trailing NUL.  */
+  /* Add one for the `.' we'll append, and one more for the trailing NUL.  */
   new_file = xmalloc (len + 1 + 1);
   memcpy (new_file, file, len);
   new_file[len] = '.';