From ce23825440a0cdac92dce2a444dfbf3c20e81576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:15:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * functions.texi (Function Portability): Document missing lstat on mingw. --- doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/functions.texi | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 1e2814297c..884a26f74c 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-06-29 Eric Blake + + * functions.texi (Function Portability): Document missing lstat + on mingw. + 2006-06-21 Simon Josefsson * gnulib.texi (Windows sockets): Add. diff --git a/doc/functions.texi b/doc/functions.texi index ecb31a3899..c9be9199f0 100644 --- a/doc/functions.texi +++ b/doc/functions.texi @@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{lstat} may not correctly report the size of files or block devices larger than 2 GB. The fix is to use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro. +On Windows systems (excluding Cygwin), symlinks are not supported, so +@code{lstat} does not exist. The fix is to define lstat to use stat. + @item mbrtowc @itemx mbsrtowcs @itemx mbstowcs -- 2.30.2