Re: [PATCH] Libiberty for VMS - mkstemps.c don't mix case

[Douglas B Rupp <rupp@gnat.com>]

Douglas B Rupp wrote:
> DJ Delorie wrote:
>>> Well... just because windows users haven't complained doesn't mean 
>>> the problem doesn't theoretically exist. I would argue VMS machines 
>>> are genrally larger with more simultaneous developers than windows 
>>> and so the problem is more likely to occur.
>>
>> I would argue that we already check for file conflicts, and don't need
>> to worry about it.
>>
>>       fd = open (pattern, O_BINARY|O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600);
>>       if (fd >= 0)
>>     /* The file does not exist.  */
>>     return fd;
>>       if (errno != EEXIST
>>
>> If VMS is truly case insensitive, wouldn't it detect such conflicts
>> via the above O_EXCL code?
>>
> 
> VMS has file versioning, I think it would detect it only if the version 
> was specified or the directory as created with single versioning.
> 

There's an obvious flaw in that argument. I'll withdraw the patch for 
now pending more testing.