bug#70411: [bug] install(1) fails to read /dev/stdin on Darwin

[Sergei Trofimovich]

On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:33:44 +0100
Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> wrote:

> On 16/04/2024 01:19, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I don't own a Darwin system, so I can't help much reproduce.  However,
> > I've received a bug report to the Linux man-pages, that our build
> > system (GNUmakefile-based), which ends up calling
> > 
> >     ... | install /dev/stdin $@
> > 
> > doesn't work on Darwin.  Here's the original bug report:
> > <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/300797>.
> > 
> > Here are the reported error messages:
> > 
> > ...
> > INSTALL         
> > /nix/store/3s28l9ijlkmsq8256zdxjvl173gkn37c-man-pages-6.7/share/man/man3/addseverity.3
> > INSTALL         
> > /nix/store/3s28l9ijlkmsq8256zdxjvl173gkn37c-man-pages-6.7/share/man/man3/adjtime.3
> > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied
> > make: *** [share/mk/install/man.mk:54: 
> > /nix/store/3s28l9ijlkmsq8256zdxjvl173gkn37c-man-pages-6.7/share/man/man3/addmntent.3]
> >  Error 1
> > make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied
> > make: *** [share/mk/install/man.mk:54: 
> > /nix/store/3s28l9ijlkmsq8256zdxjvl173gkn37c-man-pages-6.7/share/man/man3/acosh.3]
> >  Error 1
> > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied
> > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied
> > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied
> > ...
> > 
> > I don't see why install(1) should fail to read /dev/stdin under any
> > POSIX system  
> 
> What version of darwin is this? I can't repro on Darwin 21.6.0 (MacOSX 12.6).
> The issue seems to be that /dev/stdin returns a varying inode which 
> install(1) doesn't like currently

The system I have locally is this one:

    $ uname -a
    Darwin tests-iMac.local 18.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.7.0: Tue Jun 22 
19:37:08 PDT 2021; root:xnu-4903.278.70~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

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  Sergei