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Re: [Bug-gnulib] readlink and mingw32
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnulib] readlink and mingw32 |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:57:28 +0200 |
Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> It was reported to me that mingw32 has no readlink() function. The xreadlink
> module does not take care of this yet. Jim, in the coreutils, uses a stub
>
> int
> readlink (const char *filename, char *buffer, size_t size)
> {
> errno = EINVAL;
> return -1;
> }
>
> in an extra file. But since the purpose of xreadlink.c is that everyone
> uses only xreadlink() and not the low-level readlink(), I'd propose this
> more lightweight change.
>
> Opinions?
Hi Bruno,
I think we should not assume that everyone will want to
use xreadlink. What if an application must use readlink
but must avoid the malloc implied in a use of xreadlink?
Jim