Re: [PATCH 2/8] fcntl-h: glibc now has openat2

Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:18:05 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs
Organization	UCLA Computer Science Department
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On 2026-06-17 08:43, Bruno Haible wrote:
> We could add a dummy 'mseal' that does nothing.

I.e., fails with ENOSYS?

I've generally put off adding an emulation function to Gnulib unless I 
found a Gnulib-using app that needs the function. So, for example, the 
openat2 stuff was prompted by GNU Tar.

Though this means there is a chicken-and-egg problem, it has saved me 
work....