The intent of the previous code in that case was to force
an explicit write, but the implementation was incorrect, and
as a result the write was never performed. This new implementation
instead uses ftruncate(2) to extend the file with a trailing hole.
Also introduce regression tests for these cases.
PR: 189284
(original PR whose fix introduced this bug)
PR: 207092
Differential Revision: D5248
Reviewed by: sobomax,kib
MFC after: 2 weeks
Note: tcsh(1) has a MK_TCSH=no test, so this should be a separate
package, which requires pre-install/post-install scripts, to be
added later.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
bin/dd/tests
Ensure fdescfs is mounted on /dev/fd/ for the length testcase as it's used
in validating the characters read from /dev/zero
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: EMC / Isilon Storage Division
bfumerola for that pointer!) in GCC complaining about losing a const.
While I'm here, might as well mark in the Makefile that I'm the
${MAINTAINER}. It seems like that's what everyone's doing these days.
This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
