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Re: [PATCH] gcc cannot deal with full /tmp
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk at redhat dot com>
- Cc: dj at redhat dot com, ian at airs dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:19:37 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc cannot deal with full /tmp
- References: <200807281911.00146.dvlasenk@redhat.com>
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a trivial fix for
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=203231
>
> This bug is actually in libiberty, thus I post the patch to both gcc and
> binutils list.
>
> Bug description:
> mkstemps() loops TMP_MAX times even if open error is fatal. This creates
> an impression that gcc hung (TMP_MAX is ~200000). Moreover, when it does
> finish looping and returns to make_temp_file(), make_temp_file()
> just abort()s without good error message.
>
> The patch deals with both problems.
This probably needs testing for MinGW; Windows has its own error reporting
mechanisms and I don't know if you'll get the desired POSIX errno values.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com