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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 17:38:01 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno@...sp.org>
Cc: bug-gnulib@....org, musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: posix_spawn_file_actions_add* functions on musl libc

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 07:23:16PM +0100, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hi Rich,
> 
> > -- it would preclude advance creation of a file actions object which
> > will open or dup onto high fd numbers at a later time after the rlimit
> > has been increased.
> 
> This is a highly theoretical use-case, isn't it?
> 
> If you think POSIX should not specify things the way it does, please
> report it to the Austin Group.

If you read the rest of my email beyond the 2.5 lines quoted above, I
said it's not clear to me that POSIX requires what you think it does
in this case. If you disagree with that, we should open a request for
interpretation.

Rich

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