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Re: Defect in XSH utimes

To: Ulrich Drepper <yyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Defect in XSH utimes
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <yyy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:45:31 -0800
Cc: Paul Eggert <yyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxx>, yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
References: <200603031846.SAA20757@xxxxxx> <87irqvozz4.fsf@xxxxxx> <1141431168.23855.136.camel@collie> <877j7aq2xf.fsf@xxxxxx> <440912F2.1030107@xxxxxx>
Ulrich Drepper wrote:
Paul Eggert wrote:

If the Solaris futimesat() interface is carved in stone, then we could
call the variant with struct timespec 'utimesat', as H. Peter Anvin
suggested (as the leading 'f' is somewhat weird anyway).
That's just because Peter doesn't understand the interface completely.
Without a name (i.e., pass NULL) futimesat corresponds to what is
futimes on many platforms.  Therefore the 'f' is completely fine.

Saying "it not inconsistent if you use it in this edge case" doesn't mean it's not inconsistent.

-hpa

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