From 2ba6fb653c7d029e9ecef8e6d7d762674d2573ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:12:21 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] build: allow readlinkat calls
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Problem reported by Bernhard Voelker in:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2022-01/msg00026.html
* cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_readlink): Remove.  It’s OK to call
readlinkat to determine whether a file is a symbolic link.
---
 cfg.mk | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index c6284256c..90066f19a 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -441,12 +441,6 @@ sc_prohibit_operator_at_end_of_line:
 	halt='found operator at end of line'				\
 	  $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
-# Don't use "readlink" or "readlinkat" directly
-sc_prohibit_readlink:
-	@prohibit='\<readlink(at)? \('					\
-	halt='do not use readlink(at); use via xreadlink or areadlink*'	\
-	  $(_sc_search_regexp)
-
 # Don't use address of "stat" or "lstat" functions
 sc_prohibit_stat_macro_address:
 	@prohibit='\<l?stat '':|&l?stat\>'				\
-- 
2.32.0