Re: [PATCH] Libiberty for VMS - mkstemps.c don't mix case

[Douglas B Rupp <rupp at gnat dot com>]

Douglas B Rupp wrote:
> DJ Delorie wrote:
> > > Well... just because windows users haven't complained doesn't mean 
> > > the problem doesn't theoretically exist. I would argue VMS machines 
> > > are genrally larger with more simultaneous developers than windows 
> > > and so the problem is more likely to occur.
> >
> > I would argue that we already check for file conflicts, and don't need
> > to worry about it.
> >
> >       fd = open (pattern, O_BINARY|O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600);
> >       if (fd >= 0)
> >     /* The file does not exist.  */
> >     return fd;
> >       if (errno != EEXIST
> >
> > If VMS is truly case insensitive, wouldn't it detect such conflicts
> > via the above O_EXCL code?
>
> VMS has file versioning, I think it would detect it only if the version 
> was specified or the directory as created with single versioning.

There's an obvious flaw in that argument. I'll withdraw the patch for 
now pending more testing.