Re: [bug #21999] rm fails completely on systems that don't have dirfd()

[Jim Meyering]

Alan Hourihane <address@hidden> wrote:
> I guess if DIR_TO_FD() is -1 and dirfd() is not available, then configure
> should really abort.
>
> The system I'm using is a little obscure, so it's not mainstream, so i guess
> I'll have to fix it's libc instead.

Look at coreutils' m4/fpending.m4.
If your <stdio.h> has a non-opaque FILE type,
then it should be easy to add a line or two
to make that gl_FUNC_FPENDING macro work on your system.