From a1cb8a103a575946f566af25b0f67aca9449700c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 20:38:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- m4/readdir.m4 | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/m4/readdir.m4 b/m4/readdir.m4 index c73c15675d..d2b1a557e1 100644 --- a/m4/readdir.m4 +++ b/m4/readdir.m4 @@ -1,6 +1,16 @@ #serial 1 -dnl FIXME: describe +dnl SunOS's readdir is broken in such a way that rm.c has to add extra code +dnl to test whether a NULL return value really means there are no more files +dnl in the directory. +dnl +dnl Detect the problem by creating a directory containing 300 files (254 not +dnl counting . and .. is the minimum) and see if a loop doing `readdir; unlink' +dnl removes all of them. +dnl +dnl Define HAVE_WORKING_READDIR if readdir does *not* have this problem. + +dnl Written by Jim Meyering. AC_DEFUN(jm_FUNC_READDIR, [dnl -- 2.30.2