Re: lib/44807: something broken in stat(2)

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR lib/44807; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost, gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: lib-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: lib/44807: something broken in stat(2)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:30:34 -0400

 On Mar 30,  9:51pm, jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost (Jukka Ruohonen) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: lib/44807: something broken in stat(2)
 
 | On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 06:40:12PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
 | >  It works as expected. /dev/bpf is a cloner, so you get a new instance each
 | >  time you run. The instance does not have a place in the filesystem, so you
 | >  get the "right" information as far as that is concerned.
 | 
 | Ah, right. Does this imply that decades old UNIX semantics are no longer
 | valid in NetBSD; I can not open a "/dev/FOO", stat(2) it, and see whether it
 | is a block or character device? How do I know whether "/dev/FOO" is a cloner
 | and "/dev/BAR" is not? Is this not a bug?
 
 Ok, i did not get that part. I will make it set char.
 
 christos