Is that OK to borrow code from coreutils?

[Jerry DeLisle]

Steven Bosscher wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:48 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>>> In that chmod() is not defined by the Fortran Standard,
>>> how can you infer that libgfortran's implementation is
>>> incorrect?
>>>
>>>       
>> Please read a decent UNIX system book or look how
>> system () is implemented in glibc.
>>     
>
> Well, there's a helpful answer!
>
> You obviously want to change libgfortran for some reason.  It seems
> only normal to me that you make an effort to explain why you think
> this is necessary.  AFAIK the chmod in libgfortran, and in libg2c
> before that, has never been a problem for anyone.  And with the basic
> rule "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" in mind, there is no reason to
> change the implementation to something more sophisticated.
>
> So what problem are you trying to solve?  Got a test case?  Please
> don't point back to the PR again, you're not explaining the problem
> there either, only the symptom.  Surely, you didn't wonder off into
> libgfortran land if you didn't have a piece of real world code that
> has issues with the current libgfortran chmod? ;-)
>   
I vote that the PR be closed as invalid and drop this whole subject.  I 
have reviewed the PR and this thread.  Ripples in the pond and butterfly 
wings.

Jerry