From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] [mingw]: Delete existing target file before attempting rename. Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 13:40:38 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1297784103-18322-1-git-send-email-janneke-list@xs4all.nl> <1297784103-18322-5-git-send-email-janneke-list@xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1304251918 14129 80.91.229.12 (1 May 2011 12:11:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 12:11:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 01 14:11:54 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QGVVC-0005dO-08 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2011 14:11:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40993 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QGVVB-0006DG-FP for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2011 08:11:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:43485) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QGVV8-0006BF-Tr for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2011 08:11:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QGVV7-0000sQ-H4 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2011 08:11:50 -0400 Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([64.74.157.62]:56675 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QGVV7-0000s9-En for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2011 08:11:49 -0400 Original-Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E7D4C0B; Sun, 1 May 2011 08:13:51 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=3IKrgWU6qBXZbDz8B+cNM28/5D4=; b=vr1I/n 7+rT661ENGvcWTi/EzF7vFFnI2W4DPYYPouQNxmYbavJ9DG0t9/fPv2l2f1cqtLD goTSyS5Bz9234e56DmwNOUfbR26ljx/ZU8FocbOz1ee0QY9au3LmEDIHoLERpPwN 38TmrGh/0pdSCviAboB0O+Mxvcw4km6bM6c0A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=iYFsKfOoJZMXCD8iKpSdW4h6hDA8uLqq SrOh/vF6Eg2MY8IZw1N8HFQbCwP9SaSlLtCK0QbYirXnc+WuUPAnezmJd26y28qa 5T5HP5Tbra73XyTPkBHnBnIHGNazSYUp/kLgfblUPkcy/GDicJccsDTh3NzNiPx1 zvgODse0QmU= Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E2D44C0A; Sun, 1 May 2011 08:13:49 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from unquote.localdomain (unknown [90.164.198.39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0D66B4C09; Sun, 1 May 2011 08:13:47 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <1297784103-18322-5-git-send-email-janneke-list@xs4all.nl> (Jan Nieuwenhuizen's message of "Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:35:02 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 78B45E78-73EC-11E0-B50A-E8AB60295C12-02397024!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 64.74.157.62 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:12388 Archived-At: On Tue 15 Feb 2011 16:35, Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: > From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen > > 2011-02-15 Jan Nieuwenhuizen > > * libguile/filesys.c [MINGW32] (my_rename): Add implementation > that deletes target if it exists. Fixes rename behaviour. This patch has the obvious race condition. Why does the `rename' library routine not work on Win32? The man page says CONFORMING TO 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001. so I am surprised about this behavior. Andy -- http://wingolog.org/