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Re: git 565ebbf79f61873042c22a7126d002c104e056f4 broken on OpenBSD

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 26, 2005, 16:46 UTC
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Hi,
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Jan Harkes wrote:
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> Checking the SuSv2 manpage for link(2), it doesn't mention either of
> these error codes. But does mention EPERM as a valid error when the
> filesystem doesn't support hardlinks.
>     http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/link.html
> 
> My local manual page for link(2) agrees with that definition,
> 
> 	EPERM  oldpath is a directory.
> 
> 	EPERM  The  filesystem  containing oldpath and newpath does not support
> 	       the creation of hard links.

On my iBook, connecting a USB stick (FAT formatted), link() sets errno=ENOTSUP. I checked the man page, and erroneously thought that they got it right.

*turns his eyes helplessly to the sky*

Ciao, Dscho

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