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* [Bug libc/15838] New: fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems @ 2013-08-14 19:32 bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2014-02-26 17:35 ` [Bug libc/15838] " rjones at redhat dot com ` (3 more replies) 0 siblings, 4 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: bugdal at aerifal dot cx @ 2013-08-14 19:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: glibc-bugs http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15838 Bug ID: 15838 Summary: fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems Product: glibc Version: unspecified Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: libc Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org Reporter: bugdal at aerifal dot cx CC: drepper.fsp at gmail dot com fts.h contains the following: /* The fts interface is incompatible with the LFS interface which transparently uses the 64-bit file access functions. */ #ifdef __USE_FILE_OFFSET64 # error "<fts.h> cannot be used with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS==64" #endif Thus, the whole fts.h API is useless except on 64-bit machines. Assuming a 32-bit system, if 64-bit off_t is used, fts.h explicitly generates an error. If 32-bit off_t is used, fts will fail at runtime because stat fails with EOVERFLOW when the inode number or file size does not fit in 32 bits, making any program using the fts interfaces unreliable. I would prefer just deprecating this whole API, removing the header and using symbol versioning to prevent new apps from linking to it. There is a perfectly good version, without the 32-bit limitations, in gnulib which apps can use if they need it, and there are various BSD versions that also work fine. The breakage in the glibc version is purely from keeping ABI compatibility with the old 32-bit off_t interfaces. Alternatively, FTS64, fts_open64, etc. could be added... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* [Bug libc/15838] fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems 2013-08-14 19:32 [Bug libc/15838] New: fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems bugdal at aerifal dot cx @ 2014-02-26 17:35 ` rjones at redhat dot com 2014-06-13 13:12 ` fweimer at redhat dot com ` (2 subsequent siblings) 3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: rjones at redhat dot com @ 2014-02-26 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: glibc-bugs https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15838 Richard Jones <rjones at redhat dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rjones at redhat dot com -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* [Bug libc/15838] fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems 2013-08-14 19:32 [Bug libc/15838] New: fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2014-02-26 17:35 ` [Bug libc/15838] " rjones at redhat dot com @ 2014-06-13 13:12 ` fweimer at redhat dot com 2015-08-24 9:46 ` jsm28 at gcc dot gnu.org 2024-02-06 19:15 ` gabravier at gmail dot com 3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: fweimer at redhat dot com @ 2014-06-13 13:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: glibc-bugs https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15838 Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |fweimer at redhat dot com Flags| |security- -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* [Bug libc/15838] fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems 2013-08-14 19:32 [Bug libc/15838] New: fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2014-02-26 17:35 ` [Bug libc/15838] " rjones at redhat dot com 2014-06-13 13:12 ` fweimer at redhat dot com @ 2015-08-24 9:46 ` jsm28 at gcc dot gnu.org 2024-02-06 19:15 ` gabravier at gmail dot com 3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: jsm28 at gcc dot gnu.org @ 2015-08-24 9:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: glibc-bugs https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15838 Joseph Myers <jsm28 at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |DUPLICATE --- Comment #1 from Joseph Myers <jsm28 at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 11460 *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* [Bug libc/15838] fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems 2013-08-14 19:32 [Bug libc/15838] New: fts.h interfaces are presently non-usable except on 64-bit systems bugdal at aerifal dot cx ` (2 preceding siblings ...) 2015-08-24 9:46 ` jsm28 at gcc dot gnu.org @ 2024-02-06 19:15 ` gabravier at gmail dot com 3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: gabravier at gmail dot com @ 2024-02-06 19:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: glibc-bugs https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15838 Gabriel Ravier <gabravier at gmail dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |gabravier at gmail dot com -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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