doc: mention more cygwin 1.7 status

* doc/posix-functions/access.texi (access): Mention cygwin 1.5
bug.
* doc/posix-functions/execl.texi (execl): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execle.texi (execle): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi (execlp): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execv.texi (execv): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execve.texi (execve): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi (execvp): Likewise.
* doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
(canonicalize_file_name): Cygwin 1.7 now provides this.
* doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi (euidaccess): Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi (fchmodat): Mention limitation
on AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7697802..385f048 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+2009-09-26  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+       doc: mention more cygwin 1.7 status
+       * doc/posix-functions/access.texi (access): Mention cygwin 1.5
+       bug.
+       * doc/posix-functions/execl.texi (execl): Likewise.
+       * doc/posix-functions/execle.texi (execle): Likewise.
+       * doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi (execlp): Likewise.
+       * doc/posix-functions/execv.texi (execv): Likewise.
+       * doc/posix-functions/execve.texi (execve): Likewise.
+       * doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi (execvp): Likewise.
+       * doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
+       (canonicalize_file_name): Cygwin 1.7 now provides this.
+       * doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi (euidaccess): Likewise.
+       * doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi (fchmodat): Mention limitation
+       on AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW.
+
 2009-09-24  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
        test-linkat: make test more robust

diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
index 5d17e26..91ccaa7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
+++ b/doc/glibc-functions/canonicalize_file_name.texi
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ Gnulib module: canonicalize-lgpl
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-This function is missing on all non-glibc platforms:
-MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+This function is missing on many non-glibc platforms:
+MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11,
+IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
 @item
 This function fails to detect trailing slashes on non-directories on
 some platforms:

diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi
index 1eb156f..5e39391 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi
+++ b/doc/glibc-functions/euidaccess.texi
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ Gnulib module: euidaccess
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-This function is missing on all non-glibc platforms:
-MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+This function is missing on many non-glibc platforms:
+MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11,
+IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/access.texi b/doc/posix-functions/access.texi
index cddfc54..8da410d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/access.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/access.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,12 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+This function uses the effective id instead of the real id on some
+platforms:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
+@item
+There is an inherent race between calling this function and performing
+some action based on the results; you should think twice before
+trusting this function in a set-uid or set-gid program.
 @end itemize

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi
index 6fe0909..05b6244 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execl.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
 @end itemize

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi
index 86ddff6..a7d5cf9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execle.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
 @end itemize

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi
index c0ae315..b14b7bb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execlp.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
 @end itemize

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi
index 7172324..c45583f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execv.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
 @end itemize

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi
index 0ef8eea..a78f656 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execve.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
 @end itemize

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi b/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi
index f37da90..bbac6b9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
 @end itemize

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi b/doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi
index ffed0b9..3808f93 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/fchmodat.texi
@@ -17,4 +17,11 @@ But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not mult
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+Some platforms do not allow changing the access bits on symbolic
+links.  POSIX states that @code{fchmodat(@dots{},AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)}
+may fail with @code{EOPNOTSUPP} when called on a symlink, but some
+platforms, as well as the gnulib replacement, fail for any use of
+AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW even if the target was not a symlink:
+glibc, Cygwin.
 @end itemize