Re: stat(1) on Solaris 9

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake wrote:
> Gnulib fixed stat(2) to work around Solaris 9 bugs.  But stat(1) still

Good reason to add a test of stat(1), too,
if there isn't one.

> exposes the bug.  Why?  Because our replacement <sys/stat.h> declares stat
> as an object-like macro, but stat(1) had a usage pattern that hid rpl_stat
> from view and directly called the buggy stat.  OK to commit?

Good catch.  Please do.

> Also, I'm reattaching the stdbuf readlink() cleanup patch from a few days
> ago; I've now tested it on Linux.  What file contains maintainer syntax
> checks to ensure we don't reintroduce raw '\breadlink(at)?' or 'stat :'?

cfg.mk is where I've been putting coreutils-specific syntax checks.