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Re: [PATCH 0/7 V2] Import the rename gnulib module
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Yao Qi <yao at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:40:34 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7 V2] Import the rename gnulib module
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- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:46:33 +0800
>
> This patch series is to import rename gnulib module and other
> dependent modules. We need rename module to fix some
> fileio.exp fails on mingw32 host, on which the errno setting
> isn't compliance with POSIX. V1 can be found
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-10/msg00837.html
>
> rename module depends on readlink, lstat and canonicalize-lgpl modules,
> and they are used by GDB too, so this patch series imports them
> explicitly and use them. Patches 1, 3, and 5 import readlink,
> lstat and canonicalize-lgpl respectively. Patches 2, 4, and 6
> are to use these api unconditionally. Patch 7 is about importing
> rename module.
All that just to fix some obscure fails in the test suite? Isn't that
too much ballast for too little gain?