Re: [Bug-readline] [PATCH] readline/histfile.c: Check and retry write() operation in history_truncate_file()

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/20/14, 10:25 PM, Chen Gang wrote:

>> There aren't really any plausible conditions under which write(2) returns
>> 0 instead of -1 when writing a non-zero number of bytes to a regular file.
>>
> 
> Hmm... for me, what you said is acceptable.  And the function comment need be
> changed:
> 
>   "Returns 0 on success, errno or -1 on failure"

history_truncate_file will never return -1.

> And since you will work for it next, is it still necessary to send patch v2 
> for
> the temporary fix, at present?

I will take care of making those changes, thanks.

Chet

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