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-rw-r--r--lib/xstat.in52
-rw-r--r--old/fileutils/ChangeLog6
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diff --git a/lib/xstat.in b/lib/xstat.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5420a4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xstat.in
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* @IGNORE@ -*- c -*- */
+/* @IGNORE@ This file is a template from which both stat.c and lstat.c
+ @IGNORE@ are generated. */
+/* Work around the bug in some systems whereby @xstat@ succeeds when
+ given the zero-length file name argument. The @xstat@ from SunOS4.1.4
+ has this bug.
+ Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+/* written by Jim Meyering */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#ifndef errno
+extern int errno;
+#endif
+
+/* This is a wrapper for @xstat@(2).
+ If FILE is the empty string, fail with errno == ENOENT.
+ Otherwise, return the result of calling the real @xstat@.
+
+ This works around the bug in some systems whereby @xstat@ succeeds when
+ given the zero-length file name argument. The @xstat@ from SunOS4.1.4
+ has this bug. */
+
+int
+rpl_@xstat@ (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
+{
+ if (file && *file == 0)
+ {
+ errno = ENOENT;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return @xstat@ (file, sbuf);
+}
diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
index 72be940d8..d325aeea3 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
* Version 4.1-b1.
+ * lib/Makefile.am (lstat.c): Add rule to generate this from xstat.in.
+ (stat.c): Likewise.
+ * lib/stat.c: Remove file.
+ * lib/lstat.c: Remove file.
+ * lib/xstat.in (xstat@): New file.
+
* lib/quotearg.c (quotearg_buffer): Use `7' as the mask, not `3'.
From Bruno Haible.
* tests/ls-2/tests: Add a test for this.