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Re: [PATCH] [BZ #12724] libio: revert partial POSIX 2008 fclose support
- From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>
- To: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>
- Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 13:57:10 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] [BZ #12724] libio: revert partial POSIX 2008 fclose support
- References: <1354385258-21946-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org><50BA4EE0.6050100@suse.com>
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.com> wrote:
> On 12/01/2012 07:07 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>
>> In BZ #12724, partial support for POSIX 2008 fclose behavior was added.
>> Since it isn't entirely conforming to the spec, some applications are
>> known to be breaking in this intermediate state. So revert the partial
>> support until we can get things fully implemented.
>>
>> This reverts commit fcabc0f8b185f9e0a9289720be5ede6c39b3bf21.
>
>
> openSUSE is carrying this patch for ages and I think other distros as well,
> I'm fine with applying it,
I'm happy as long as two conditions are met:
(a) We have a bug open to fix this.
(b) The bug gets marked P1, and milestone 2.18.
I'd like to see this get fixed for real.
Cheers,
Carlos.