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Re: [PATCH 1/3] Import mkdir module
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- Cc: yao at codesourcery dot com, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:19:51 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Import mkdir module
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- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:24:25 -0700
> From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
>
> A ton of random stuff got dragged in.
> Is this typical of gnulib?
Yes, it is. Take a look at gnulib's modules/mkdir file, and then
examine its dependencies (sys_stat), then its dependencies'
dependencies, etc. etc. I went only two levels deep, and saw most of
the symbols you show.
This is why I suggested an alternative and much smaller and more
elegant solution.