>> http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2435&user=guest&pass=guest
>> http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2440&user=guest&pass=guest
>
> Simpler is usually better... what specific behavior is the deleted code
> below trying to accomplish?
Correct question is not what stat-ing *is* trying to accomplish, but
what it *was* trying to accomplish. It *was* required at some point to
compile x86_64cpuid.pl, but it shouldn't be anymore... I'll cross-check
and remove it this weekend.
> Index: crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl
> ===================================================================
> --- crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl (revision 6904)
> +++ crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl (working copy)
> @@ -62,13 +62,9 @@
> my $output = shift;
> if ($flavour =~ /\./) { $output = $flavour; undef $flavour; }
>
> -{ my ($stddev,$stdino,@junk)=stat(STDOUT);
> - my ($outdev,$outino,@junk)=stat($output);
> +open STDOUT,">$output" || die "can't open $output: $!"
> + if (defined($output));
>
> - open STDOUT,">$output" || die "can't open $output: $!"
> - if ($stddev!=$outdev || $stdino!=$outino);
> -}
> -
> my $gas=1; $gas=0 if ($output =~ /\.asm$/);
> my $elf=1; $elf=0 if (!$gas);
> my $win64=0;
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