Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:12:47 +0100
From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.16-rc1
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Hi Jan, Sam,

> Anyway, SUSE 10.0/i386:
> 
> 14:20 takeshi:~ > l /dev/null
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 1, 3 Sep  9 18:40 /dev/null
> 14:20 takeshi:~ > echo 'main(){}' | gcc -xc -c - -o /dev/null
> 14:21 takeshi:~ > echo $?
> 0
> 14:21 takeshi:~ > l /dev/null
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 1, 3 Sep  9 18:40 /dev/null
> 
> 
> 14:22 takeshi:/home/jengelh # echo 'main(){}' | gcc -xc -c - -o /dev/null
> 14:22 takeshi:/home/jengelh # echo $?
> 0
> 14:22 takeshi:/home/jengelh # l /dev/null
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 1, 3 Sep  9 18:40 /dev/null
> 
> So what is (not) happening?

This ain't exactly the same command Sam had me test earlier today. This
one breaks my /dev/null:

  echo "main() {}" | gcc -xc - -o /dev/null

But this one doesn't:

  echo 'main() {}' | gcc -xc -c - -o /dev/null

I.e., the additional -c seems to make a difference (at least in my
case.) Sam, maybe that's an easier and more efficient fix than
resorting to a temporary file?

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare
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