On 08/24/2009 02:26 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
+** Bug fixes
+
+ cp, mv now ignore failure to preserve a symlink time stamp, when it is
+ due to their running on a kernel older than what was implied by headers
+ and libraries tested at configure time.
+
Yeah, this will be easy to trigger for a while, unfortunately...
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -124,7 +124,13 @@ static inline int
utimens_symlink (char const *file, struct timespec const *timespec)
{
#if HAVE_UTIMENSAT
- return utimensat (AT_FDCWD, file, timespec, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+ int err = utimensat (AT_FDCWD, file, timespec, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+ /* When configuring on a system with new headers and libraries, and
+ running on one with a kernel that is old enough to lack the syscall,
+ utimensat fails with ENOTSUP. Ignore that. */
+ if (err&& errno == ENOSYS)
+ err = 0;
+ return err;
Seems like the comment (ENOTSUP) needs to be changed to match the code
(ENOSYS)?
Jeff
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