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[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

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2004-02-15  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>

        * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <mkdir>: Solaris 8
        mkdir is not thread-safe.  From Nathanael Nerode.

Index: THANKS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/THANKS,v
retrieving revision 1.122
diff -u -r1.122 THANKS
--- THANKS      31 Oct 2003 08:43:39 -0000      1.122
+++ THANKS      15 Feb 2004 18:22:21 -0000
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 Mo DeJong                   address@hidden
 Morten Eriksen              address@hidden
 Motoyuki Kasahara           address@hidden
+Nathanael Nerode            address@hidden
 Nicolas Joly                address@hidden
 Nishio Futoshi              address@hidden
 Noah Elliott                address@hidden
Index: doc/autoconf.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.801
diff -u -r1.801 autoconf.texi
--- doc/autoconf.texi   9 Feb 2004 21:19:32 -0000       1.801
+++ doc/autoconf.texi   15 Feb 2004 18:22:31 -0000
@@ -11273,6 +11273,12 @@
 directory.  GNU Coreutils 5.1.0 @command{mkdir} succeeds, but Solaris 9
 @command{mkdir} fails.
 
+Solaris 8 @command{mkdir} is not thread-safe.  If you @code{mkdir -p
+a/b} and @code{mkdir -p a/c} at the same time, both will detect that
address@hidden/} is missing, one will create @file{a/}, then the other will try
+to create @file{a/} and die with a @code{File exists} error.
+
+
 @item @command{mv}
 @c ---------------
 @prindex @command{mv}

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz