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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000822 | 1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1 | System Interfaces | public | 2014-02-10 15:54 | 2019-06-10 08:54 |
| Reporter | geoffclare | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Editorial | Type | Omission |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted As Marked | ||
| Name | Geoff Clare | ||||
| Organization | The Open Group | ||||
| User Reference | |||||
| Section | symlink | ||||
| Page Number | 2074 | ||||
| Line Number | 66175 | ||||
| Interp Status | --- | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | See 0000822:0002185. | ||||
| Summary | 0000822: missing symlink [ENOENT] or [ENOTDIR] error | ||||
| Description | Part of change number XSH/TC1/D5/0630 in TC1 was not applied in the 2013 edition: Change Number: XSH/TC1/D5/0630 [146,428,436] On Page: 2058 Line: 65095 Section: symlink() In the ERRORS section, change the [ENOENT] error from: [ENOENT] A component of path2 does not name an existing file or path2 is an empty string. to: [ENOENT] A component of the path prefix of path2 does not name an existing file or path2 is an empty string. [ENOENT] or [ENOTDIR] The path2 argument contains at least one non-<slash> character and ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters. If path2 names an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur. This last paragraph was not added. | ||||
| Desired Action | At line 66175 add after the [ENOENT] error:[ENOENT] or [ENOTDIR]The path2 argument contains at least one non-<slash> character and ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters. If path2 names an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur. | ||||
| Tags | tc2-2008 | ||||
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A conundrum for the editors: as this is a mismatch between TC1 and the 2013 edition, the change either should not appear in TC2 or should appear as some sort of comment about the 2013 edition rather than a formal TC2 change. Either way the fix should still be made to the full standard when TC2 is merged in (or earlier). |
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Following an email discussion, a problem with the wording "If path2 names an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur" has been identified. Since adding a trailing slash to a pathname for an existing non-directory file means the pathname does not resolve, this should be "If path2 without the trailing <slash> characters would name an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur." An equivalent change also needs to be made for the other functions that have this "[ENOENT] or [ENOTDIR]" error, and it is also missing for the path2 argument to link(). New proposed changes: At page 622 line 21271 section bind change: If the pathname names an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur.to: If the pathname without the trailing <slash> characters would name an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur. At page 884 line 29607 section fopen and page 932 line 31432 section freopen change: If pathname names an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur.to: If pathname without the trailing <slash> characters would name an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur. At page 1229 line 40836 section link add after the [ENOENT] error: [ENOENT] or [ENOTDIR]The path1 argument names an existing non-directory file, and the path2 argument contains at least one non-<slash> character and ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters. If path2 without the trailing <slash> characters would name an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur. At page 1308 line 43264 section mkfifo, page 1312 line 43423 section mknod and page 1394 line 46111 section open change: If path names an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur.to: If path without the trailing <slash> characters would name an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur. At page 2074 line 66175 section symlink add after the [ENOENT] error: [ENOENT] or [ENOTDIR]The path2 argument contains at least one non-<slash> character and ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters. If path2 without the trailing <slash> characters would name an existing file, an [ENOENT] error shall not occur. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-10 15:54 | geoffclare | New Issue | |
| 2014-02-10 15:54 | geoffclare | Name | => Geoff Clare |
| 2014-02-10 15:54 | geoffclare | Organization | => The Open Group |
| 2014-02-10 15:54 | geoffclare | Section | => symlink |
| 2014-02-10 15:54 | geoffclare | Page Number | => 2074 |
| 2014-02-10 15:54 | geoffclare | Line Number | => 66175 |
| 2014-02-10 15:54 | geoffclare | Interp Status | => --- |
| 2014-02-10 15:55 | geoffclare | Note Added: 0002136 | |
| 2014-03-13 12:53 | eblake | Relationship added | related to 0000436 |
| 2014-03-13 12:53 | eblake | Relationship added | related to 0000428 |
| 2014-03-13 12:54 | eblake | Relationship deleted | related to 0000428 |
| 2014-03-13 12:54 | eblake | Relationship added | related to 0000146 |
| 2014-03-14 10:48 | geoffclare | Note Added: 0002185 | |
| 2014-03-20 15:41 | Don Cragun | Final Accepted Text | => See 0000822:0002185. |
| 2014-03-20 15:41 | Don Cragun | Status | New => Resolved |
| 2014-03-20 15:41 | Don Cragun | Resolution | Open => Accepted As Marked |
| 2014-03-20 15:41 | Don Cragun | Tag Attached: tc2-2008 | |
| 2019-06-10 08:54 | agadmin | Status | Resolved => Closed |
