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Re: [Bug-tar] [GNU tar 1.25] testsuite: 35 failed on Solaris 9 Sparc
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Joerg Schilling |
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Re: [Bug-tar] [GNU tar 1.25] testsuite: 35 failed on Solaris 9 Sparc |
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Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:53:08 +0100 |
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nail 11.22 3/20/05 |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 01/21/2011 04:51 AM, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>
> > I have a failing test 35 on Solaris 9 Sparc with Sun Studio 12. Please
> > see the transcript below.
>
> This is due to a known problem with our emulation of openat on
> older versions of Solaris: it cannot handle the case when
> . or an ancestor is an unreadable directory. If you can fix
> this problem, please do, but it's not high priority as the problem
> is rare in practice. As of Solaris 10 the problem is no longer
> present, since Solaris 10 and later have a working openat.
This sounds strange..... openat() has been introduced in August 2000 with a
Solaris 9 beta. Could you explain the problem please?
Jörg
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