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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-04-26 09:09:43 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-04-26 09:27:44 +0200
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downloadcoreutils-740516cd1205b58ad07f2318335d8177586a4ca4.tar.xz
dd: work around compilation failure on AIX 5.1 and 5.2
* src/dd.c (O_NOCACHE): Undefine. This symbol is defined via AIX's <fcntl.h>, yet used as an enum name in dd.c. Reported by Gary V. Vaughan in http://debbugs.gnu.org/8555 * NEWS (Portability): Mention this.
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@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
Sparse files are relatively unusual, and the copying code incurs
the performance penalty of the now-mandatory sync only for them.
+** Portability
+
+ dd once again compiles on AIX 5.1 and 5.2
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* Noteworthy changes in release 8.11 (2011-04-13) [stable]