X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fposix-functions%2Ffchownat.texi;h=9b5661fdb1c1950a1820a19b6a069743e7ab720a;hb=f40e1532834adc754cac576a07d43b9556f89a97;hp=6285750a4cf350ae435fba1660d219fdb7a2f0cd;hpb=c13ca15f1a9efad6c85e2debf5bcc54db425d017;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi b/doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi index 6285750a4..9b5661fdb 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ @section @code{fchownat} @findex fchownat -POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fchownat.html} +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fchownat.html} -Gnulib module: openat +Gnulib module: fchownat Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ Some platforms mistakenly dereference symlinks when using @code{AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW}: Linux kernel 2.6.17. @item +This function does not fail for an empty filename on some platforms: +Linux with glibc < 2.11. +@item This function is missing on some platforms: -glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX -5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS. +glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, +AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS. But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe. Also, the replacement may fail to change symlinks if @code{lchown} is unsupported, or fail altogether if