[ I have to preface this by saying I'm not interested in the
attribute-related semantics of openat, but rather in the
fd-relative-open--related semantics. ]
Why do we need openat and related functions in the kernel?
Without openat-like functions[1], it is impossible to process
an
Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Assuming someone cares about the affected systems,
I'd be happy to let them do it.
But in the meantime, everyone else who wanted to run on mingw would be
left high and dry, as coreutils wouldn't build.
Is there