Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about this patch? It fixes the bug that was reported. It does have
> the downside of possibly failing with EMFILE when the current version would
> not fail, but that is a minor drawback.
>
> 2008-03-30 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> * lib/fd-reopen.c: Work even if FILE is "/dev/stdin".
> Problem reported by Geoffrey Lee in <http://bugs.debian.org/290727>.
> * tests/dd/misc: Check for this bug.
Thanks Paul!
And thanks to Michael for digging up and investigating
the 3-year-old old bug report.
> diff --git a/lib/fd-reopen.c b/lib/fd-reopen.c
> index 2ce4678..c12fef6 100644
> --- a/lib/fd-reopen.c
> +++ b/lib/fd-reopen.c
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> /* Invoke open, but return either a desired file descriptor or -1.
>
> - Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> + Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> @@ -31,15 +31,13 @@
> int
> fd_reopen (int desired_fd, char const *file, int flags, mode_t mode)
> {
> - int fd;
> + int fd = open (file, flags, mode);
>
> - close (desired_fd);
> - fd = open (file, flags, mode);
> if (fd == desired_fd || fd < 0)
> return fd;
> else
> {
> - int fd2 = fcntl (fd, F_DUPFD, desired_fd);
> + int fd2 = dup2 (fd, desired_fd);
> int saved_errno = errno;
> close (fd);
> errno = saved_errno;
> diff --git a/tests/dd/misc b/tests/dd/misc
> index 9172582..2b54cfb 100755
> --- a/tests/dd/misc
> +++ b/tests/dd/misc
> @@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ if dd oflag=append if=$tmp_in of=$tmp_out 2> /dev/null;
> then
> compare $tmp_in $tmp_out || fail=1
> fi
>
> +case $(cat /dev/stdin <$tmp_in 2>/dev/null) in
> +(data)
> + rm -f $tmp_out
> + dd if=/dev/stdin of=$tmp_out <$tmp_in || fail=1
> + compare $tmp_in $tmp_out || fail=1
> +esac
> +
> if dd iflag=nofollow if=$tmp_in count=0 2> /dev/null; then
> dd iflag=nofollow if=$tmp_sym count=0 2> /dev/null && fail=1
> fi
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