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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1998-11-14 13:23:22 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1998-11-14 13:23:22 +0000
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Correct comment. POSIX does not permit it to succeed.
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#serial 2
dnl From Jim Meyering.
-dnl Determine whether stat has the `bug' that it succeeds when given the
+dnl Determine whether stat has the bug that it succeeds when given the
dnl zero-length file name argument. The stat from SunOS4.1.4 and the Hurd
-dnl (as of 1998-11-01) does this. This behavior is allowed by POSIX.
+dnl (as of 1998-11-01) do this.
dnl
dnl If it does, then define HAVE_STAT_EMPTY_STRING_BUG and arrange to
dnl compile the wrapper function.