[PATCH] misc: Add mkostempat (BZ 19866)

Adhemerval Zanella Netto adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Mon Jun 22 16:35:05 GMT 2026



On 22/06/26 13:22, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2026-06-22 06:57, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote:
>> I am working a v2 based on this design, I am still not convinced on adding
>> the callback-like interface to allow openat2.
> 
> The case for the more-complicated interface would be stronger if we had actual use cases for it. We already have real use cases based on the callback-like approach in Gnulib. What are the real uses cases for the more-complicated interface, use cases that the callback-like approach can't do?

I am trying to focus on the original bug report issue, instead of trying
to come up with a more complicated interface that required more setup and
care to be used (and the callback still has the very versioning issues, as 
nftw/fts shows).


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