[
AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([getdtablesize])
m4_ifdef([gl_FUNC_DUP2_OBSOLETE], [
AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([dup2])
if test $ac_cv_func_dup2 = no; then
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>]],
[int result = 0;
+#ifdef HAVE_GETDTABLESIZE
+ int bad_fd = getdtablesize ();
+#else
+ int bad_fd = 1000000;
+#endif
#ifdef FD_CLOEXEC
if (fcntl (1, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) == -1)
result |= 1;
if (dup2 (0, 0) != -1)
result |= 8;
/* Many gnulib modules require POSIX conformance of EBADF. */
- if (dup2 (2, 1000000) == -1 && errno != EBADF)
+ if (dup2 (2, bad_fd) == -1 && errno != EBADF)
result |= 16;
/* Flush out some cygwin core dumps. */
if (dup2 (2, -1) != -1 || errno != EBADF)
linux*) # On linux between 2008-07-27 and 2009-05-11, dup2 of a
# closed fd may yield -EBADF instead of -1 / errno=EBADF.
gl_cv_func_dup2_works="guessing no" ;;
- freebsd*) # on FreeBSD 6.1, dup2(1,1000000) gives EMFILE, not EBADF.
+ aix* | freebsd*)
+ # on AIX 7.1 and FreeBSD 6.1, dup2 (1,toobig) gives EMFILE,
+ # not EBADF.
gl_cv_func_dup2_works="guessing no" ;;
haiku*) # on Haiku alpha 2, dup2(1, 1) resets FD_CLOEXEC.
gl_cv_func_dup2_works="guessing no" ;;