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fd-based functions in POSIX #11613

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p5pRT opened this issue Aug 29, 2011 · 1 comment
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fd-based functions in POSIX #11613

p5pRT opened this issue Aug 29, 2011 · 1 comment
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p5pRT commented Aug 29, 2011

Migrated from rt.perl.org#98018 (status was 'new')

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p5pRT commented Aug 29, 2011

From perlbug@plan9.de

Created by perlbug@plan9.de

While fcntl/ioctl (and possibly others) are correctly documented to be
identical to perl's built-in functions of the same name, I wonder why the
POSIX module duplicates these instead of offering access to the POSIX
functions of the same name.

For example, if you want to do fcntl in perl on an fd (as opposed to
an fh), you (or me, actually) currently have to do a dup-open. To do a
dup-open portably (some platforms mind), one needs to know whether the fd
was open for reeding or writing, which in turn would require a call to
fcntl to find out...

It's probably a bit late to report (this issue is nagging me infrequently
but continously for over 10 years :), but it would be nice if POSIX would
offer the actual POSIX functions where it makes sense.

(Unfortunately, things might break because POSIX​::fcntl/ioctl are not
currently compatible to posix fcntl/ioctl, and some bozo program might
call POSIX​::fcntl even if it is currently rather pointless).

Perl Info 

Flags:
    category=library
    severity=wishlist
    module=POSIX

Site configuration information for perl 5.12.4:

Configured by Marc Lehmann at Sun Aug 14 14:59:28 CEST 2011.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 12 subversion 4) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.39-2-amd64, archname=x86_64-linux
    uname='linux cerebro 2.6.39-2-amd64 #1 smp tue jul 5 02:51:22 utc 2011 x86_64 gnulinux '
    config_args='-Duselargefiles -Duse64bitint -Dusemymalloc=n -Dstatic_ext=Fcntl -Dcc=gcc -Dccflags=-DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -DPERL_ARENA_SIZE=16376 -USITEARCH_EXP -USITELIB_EXP -UARCHLIB_EXP -D_GNU_SOURCE  -I/opt/include -ggdb -gdwarf-2 -g3 -Doptimize=-O6 -fno-strict-aliasing -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Dldflags=-L/opt/perl/lib -L/opt/lib -Dlibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lgdbm -Dprefix=/opt/perl -Dprivlib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Darchlib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Uusevendorprefix -Dsiteprefix=/opt/perl -Dsitelib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dsitearch=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dsitebin=/opt/perl/bin -Dman1dir=/opt/perl/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/opt/perl/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/opt/perl/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/opt/perl/man/man3 -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3 -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -Uafs -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Uuseshrplib -Ud_dosuid -Dusethreads=undef -Duse5005threads=undef -Duseithreads=undef -Dusemultiplicity=undef -Demail=perl-binary@plan9.de -Dcf_email=perl-binary@plan9.de -Dcf_by=Marc Lehmann -Dlocincpth=/opt/perl/include /opt/include -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dmultiarch=undef -Dbin=/opt/perl/bin -Dxxxusedevel -DxxxDEBUGGING -Dxxxuse_debugging_perl -Dxxxuse_debugmalloc -dEs'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -DPERL_ARENA_SIZE=16376 -USITEARCH_EXP -USITELIB_EXP -UARCHLIB_EXP -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/opt/include -ggdb -gdwarf-2 -g3 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/opt/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O6 -fno-strict-aliasing',
    cppflags='-DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -DPERL_ARENA_SIZE=16376 -USITEARCH_EXP -USITELIB_EXP -UARCHLIB_EXP -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/opt/include -ggdb -gdwarf-2 -g3 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/opt/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.4.5', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags ='-L/opt/perl/lib -L/opt/lib -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/../lib /usr/lib/../lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib64 /usr/lib64
    libs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lgdbm
    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.11.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.11.2'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O6 -fno-strict-aliasing -L/opt/perl/lib -L/opt/lib -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl 5.12.4:
    /root/src/sex
    /opt/perl/lib/perl5
    /opt/perl/lib/perl5
    .


Environment for perl 5.12.4:
    HOME=/root
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/root/s2:/root/s:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/pserv:.
    PERL5LIB=/root/src/sex
    PERL5_CPANPLUS_CONFIG=/root/.cpanplus/config
    PERLDB_OPTS=ornaments=0
    PERL_ANYEVENT_DBI_TESTS=1
    PERL_ANYEVENT_LOOP_TESTS=1
    PERL_ANYEVENT_NET_TESTS=1
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    PERL_UNICODE=E
    SHELL=/bin/bash

@xenu xenu removed the affects-5.12 label Nov 19, 2021
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