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Re: stdio-common/xbug.c


On 06 Sep 1998 11:00:15 -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu> writes:
>
>> Does anyone remember what bug this program is testing for?
>
>No.  Seems to be a very old test case.  Only roland could know.

I eventually concluded it tests whether 

freopen(file, "r", stdin);
popen(program, "r");

gives the child the freopened stdin.  Roland, do you remember?

zw


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