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Remove unused sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:39:58 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Remove unused sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c
The file sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c is unused. Linux and Hurd both have
their own versions, and nothing uses this file via #include.
I propose this patch to remove this unused file. Tested x86_64.
2012-04-20 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
* sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c: Remove file.
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c b/sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a61bfa..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/* xmknod call using old-style Unix mknod system call.
- Copyright (C) 1991,1993,1995,1996,1997,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
- The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
- <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-extern int __syscall_mknod (const char *, mode_t, dev_t);
-
-/* Create a device file named PATH, with permission and special bits MODE
- and device number DEV (which can be constructed from major and minor
- device numbers with the `makedev' macro above). */
-int
-__xmknod (int vers, const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t *dev)
-{
- if (vers != _MKNOD_VER)
- {
- __set_errno (EINVAL);
- return -1;
- }
-
- return __syscall_mknod (path, mode, *dev);
-}
-
-weak_alias (__xmknod, _xmknod)
-libc_hidden_def (__xmknod)
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com