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@ -370,15 +370,16 @@ io_open_src_real(file_pair *pair)
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#ifdef O_NOFOLLOW
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#ifdef O_NOFOLLOW
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// Give an understandable error message in if reason
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// Give an understandable error message if the reason
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// for failing was that the file was a symbolic link.
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// for failing was that the file was a symbolic link.
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// Note that at least Linux, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Darwin
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// Note that at least Linux, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Darwin
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// use ELOOP to indicate if O_NOFOLLOW was the reason
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// use ELOOP to indicate that O_NOFOLLOW was the reason
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// that open() failed. Because there may be
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// that open() failed. Because there may be
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// directories in the pathname, ELOOP may occur also
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// directories in the pathname, ELOOP may occur also
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// because of a symlink loop in the directory part.
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// because of a symlink loop in the directory part.
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// So ELOOP doesn't tell us what actually went wrong.
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// So ELOOP doesn't tell us what actually went wrong,
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// and this stupidity went into POSIX-1.2008 too.
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// FreeBSD associates EMLINK with O_NOFOLLOW and
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// FreeBSD associates EMLINK with O_NOFOLLOW and
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// Tru64 uses ENOTSUP. We use these directly here
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// Tru64 uses ENOTSUP. We use these directly here
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