Re: [RFC & PATCH] Solaris 8: ENOSYS when mkdir applied to automount.

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Feb 2, 2006, 00:46 UTC
Message-ID: <7vwtge37w5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <24768.1138840762@lotus.CS.Berkeley.EDU>

Jason Riedy <ejr@EECS.Berkeley.EDU> writes:

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> I guess our home directories recently were changed from symlinks
> to autmounts.  Solaris 8's mkdir(2) returns ENOSYS when applied
> to these, breaking safe_create_leading_directories.  I don't
> know if ENOSYS is available everywhere, or if this odd behavior
> is appropriate everywhere.
>
> This works for me, but should I wrap mkdir for bizarre behavior
> by adding a compat/gitmkdir.c?

There was a similar patch for working around Cygwin that threw different errno in an earlier thread:

    From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
    Subject: [PATCH] Set errno to EEXIST if mkdir returns EACCES or EPERM

Somehow I started to trust your ability to code portably a lot better than I trust myself, so please first disregard the suggestion I gave in that thread and give me your honest opinion on what the right fix/workaround would be.