Minutes of the 8th May 2014 Teleconference

Andrew Josey

2014-05-09 14:06:24 UTC

All
Enclosed are the minutes of the 8th May teleconference
regards
Andrew
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Minutes of the 8th May 2014 Teleconference Austin-655 Page 1 of 1
Submitted by Andrew Josey, The Open Group. 9th May 2014

Attendees:
Richard Hansen, BBN
Don Cragun, IEEE PASC OR
Mark Ziegast, SHware Systems
Andrew Josey, The Open Group
Geoff Clare, The Open Group
Nick Stoughton, USENIX, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22 OR
David Clissold, IBM

Apologies:
Mark Brown

* General news

Andrew has continued processing the TC2 bugs including the latest 7 bugs that
Geoff had forwarded to him.

* Outstanding actions

+Bug 0000251: Forbid newline, or even bytes 1 through 31 (inclusive), in filenames OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=251
Don has an action to produce a proposal.

+Bug 0000561: NUL-termination of sun_path in Unix sockets OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=561
Eric has an action to update the proposal.

+Bug 0000573: Please add '+' to the portable filename character set OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=573
Joerg has an action to prepare a proposed change.

+Bug 0000592: consistent use of struct timespec OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=592
Jim had provided additional information in bugnote 1627.
This was discussed and Jim took an action to provide further information.

+Bug 0000598: OH shading and new interfaces OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=598
Eric has an action to propose a new solution with self-contained headers.

+Bug 0000517: EBNF support OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=517
Action on Joerg to look at this.

+Bug 0000633: SIGEV_THREAD delivery renders many signal interfaces unsafe
OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=633
We noted that feedback has settled down on the mailing list, and
will discuss next session.

+Bug 0000657: Conditions under which fmemopen() write a NUL to the buffer
are insufficiently specified OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=657
Eric has an action to propose wording to clarify the behavior for
fmemopen(), and also to contact the glibc developers to get their
feedback.

+Bug 0000658: Undefined/unspecified behavior clauses in description of
open have race conditions OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=658
It was noted that there is some overlap with changes in TC1. Eric took an
action to update the proposal to resolve the overlaps appropriately.

+Bug 0000615: pthread_setcancelstate should be async-signal-safe OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=615
We now have reports on AIX and Apple. Jim to report back on whether
pthread_cancelstate() is async-signal-safe on Solaris. Andrew to ask
HP whether pthread_cancelstate() is async-signal-safe on HP-UX.

+Bug 622 left open pending resolution of 615.
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=622

+Bug 0000672: Necessary step(s) to synchronize filename operations on disk
OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=672

Geoff has a new proposed resolution in note 1618. Decided to solicit input
from FS developers. Eric to go to Linux, David to AIX and Jim to Solaris.
Jim has completed his action (see bugnote 1691).
Andrew should chase HP and Apple for input.

+Bug 0000663: Specification of str[n]casecmp is ambiguous reopened
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=663

Action on David to follow up with the IBM developers about the EBCDIC
collation sequence.

Bug 696 either NAME_MAX shouldn't be optional, or readdir_r() needs clarification
http://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=696

Don has an action to propose a resolution.

Bug 0000721: Internal storage vs static storage OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=721

This item is still open.

Bug 0000375: Extend test/[...] conditionals: ==, <, >, -nt, -ot, -ef OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=375

This is still left open due to discussions pending on the reflector.

Bug 0000789: Add set -o pipefail OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=789

* Current Business

Bug #811: precondition for mutex destruction unclear; example contradicts normative text OPEN
http://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=811

We have left this item open pending further input from Dave Butenhof on
supplying a new example.
Andrew will take an action to ping Dave.

Bug 0000411: adding atomic FD_CLOEXEC support Accepted as Marked.
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=411

See desired action section in attached file bug411_atomic_CLOEXEC.pdf 2014-05-03 16:45

Bug 0000837: renumber section 2.13 to be 2.6 in Issue 8 Accepted
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=837

Bug 0000838: Unclear wording about how real IDs are used OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=838

This was discussed during the meeting.
Geoff took an action to propose detailed changes.

Bug 0000739: CX requirements for strftime seem to conflict with ISO C OPEN
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=739

Nick took an action to submit a defect report to the C committee.

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