[MacPorts] #57611: consider adding faccessat (and likely a number of other *at functions) to 10.9 and less

[MacPorts]

#57611: consider adding faccessat (and likely a number of other *at functions) to
10.9 and less
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Reporter: kencu | Owner: kencu
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Keywords: | Port: legacy-support
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it appears that most of these functions showed up in macOS 10.10. They are
POSIX 200809 for the most part, I believe.

Current software is increasingly using these, most often without
replacements.

There are replacements for some of these in gnulib, not always completely
replicating the functionality.

[MacPorts]

#57611: consider adding faccessat (and likely a number of other *at functions) to
10.9 and less
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Reporter: kencu | Owner: kencu
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: legacy-support |
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Comment (by cjones051073):

Sounds ok to me.

Do you have a link for a possible implementation ? Bear in mind to use it
in the legacy-support library the license must be compatible with the MIT
license used there.

[MacPorts]

#57611: consider adding faccessat (and likely a number of other *at functions) to
10.9 and less
-----------------------------+----------------------
Reporter: kencu | Owner: kencu
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: legacy-support |
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Comment (by kencu):

gnulib (GPL3+)
<https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/blob/master/lib/faccessat.c>

Apple Open Source (APSL 2.0) (much more complicated version)
<https://github.com/apple/darwin-
xnu/blob/master/bsd/vfs/vfs_syscalls.c#L5476>

[MacPorts]

#57611: consider adding faccessat (and likely a number of other *at functions) to
10.9 and less
-----------------------------+----------------------
Reporter: kencu | Owner: kencu
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: legacy-support |
-----------------------------+----------------------

Comment (by cjones051073):

GPL3+ is out I am afraid...

[MacPorts]

#57611: consider adding faccessat (and likely a number of other *at functions) to
10.9 and less
-----------------------------+----------------------
Reporter: kencu | Owner: kencu
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: legacy-support |
-----------------------------+----------------------

Comment (by kencu):

I'll never tell ...

[MacPorts]

#57611: consider adding faccessat (and likely a number of other *at functions) to
10.9 and less
-----------------------------+----------------------
Reporter: kencu | Owner: kencu
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: legacy-support |
-----------------------------+----------------------

Comment (by cjones051073):

Hmmm. Seriously, licenses are important. Please do not add anything not
compatible with MIT. I have no wish to get into hot water..

[MacPorts]

#57611: consider adding faccessat (and likely a number of other *at functions) to
10.9 and less
-----------------------------+--------------------
Reporter: kencu | Owner: kencu
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: fixed | Keywords:
Port: legacy-support |
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Changes (by kencu):

* status: assigned => closed
* resolution: => fixed


Comment:

added 201811