[Patch, libfortran] PR 45723 Revert previous fix

Jerry DeLisle jvdelisle@charter.net
Sat Nov 5 14:36:00 GMT 2011


On 10/31/2011 11:51 AM, Janne Blomqvist wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to revert the fix for PR 45723 that was committed previously
> for the following reasons:
>
> - Using stat("/path/to/file", ...) to infer something about an open
> file descriptor is racy.
>
> - As I argued in http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2011-10/msg00133.html ,
> I think the best approach is to do what the calling program asks as to
> do, and then return failure if that doesn't work rather than trying to
> fix stuff up in the library.
>

I agree, we just can not accommodate every OS in every situation.

OK to revert.

Jerry



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