tags fixed-upstream
thanks
On 09/28/2018 01:38 PM, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
Package: manpages-dev
Version: 4.10-2
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
Hello Ale,
Upstream maintainer here...
it seems to be a gotcha having stat(x, y) unexpectedly return -1 when x is a
broken link. The stat(1) command works where stat(2) fails. The obvious
solution is to use lstat.
It is difficult to fix this without ineffectually lengthening the text.
Perhaps, using the concept of unlinked file, which is valid for hard and soft
links alike, might help. For example, the man page says:
ENOENT A component of pathname does not exist, or pathname is an empty string.
Alternatively, it could say:
ENOENT A component of pathname is unlinked (does not exist), or pathname is an
empty string.
Thanks for your report!
It's not merely a question of a broken symlink in the final pathname
component, which lstat() could address. ENOENT can also occur if any
component in the pathname is a dangling symbolic link. So I changed the
ENOENT text to:
ENOENT A component of pathname does not exist or is a
dangling symbolic link.
ENOENT pathname is an empty string and AT_EMPTY_PATH was
not specified in flags.
Besides, the 1st paragraph in the NOTES section says "AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT fag".
Please substitute "AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT flag" lest someone smokes their unmounted
devices...
:-)
In fact, that text was fixed about a year ago, so you don't have quite
the most up-to-date pages :-).
Thanks for maintaining man pages
You are welcome!
Cheers,
Michael
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