Paul Eggert wrote: > Matthew Woehlke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Can we please get this fixed, someone? > > Here, the "someone" are the people who are on the affected platforms. > I can't fix this problem since I lack access to these platforms. I > expect Jim Meyering is the same. > > To fix this, we (that is, Jim :-) need a complete, self-contained fix > that works on the affected platforms, and to do that I'm afraid "we" > (that is, you :-) will have to come up with it.
Well, the fix that I suggested was "just don't build stuff" (oh, and a reminder that "shred" is sort-of in the same boat due to lacking fsync()). You don't need access to the platform, you just need to tweak configure so it doesn't find fsync() and confirm that that causes e.g. shred to not be built. 'du', w.r.t. not knowing how to list mounted file systems, would be handled the same way. None of this involves code changes; it is all in configure/Makefile (or rather, the things that make those). I could do it if I ever find time to learn autotools. But everyone else seems to be opposed to that solution. -- Matthew _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
