[PATCH] ftruncate: mark module as obsolete; even MinGW provides it, now

[Jim Meyering]

I'm marking ftruncate as obsolete, prior to removing it altogether.
I am removing the few uses from coreutils, too.
It's been in mingw for quite a while:

    $ cvs log mingwex/ftruncate.c

    RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/mingw/mingwex/ftruncate.c,v
    Working file: mingwex/ftruncate.c
    head: 1.1
    branch:
    locks: strict
    access list:
    symbolic names:
            cygwin-1_7_4-release: 1.1
            cygwin-1_7_3-release: 1.1
            cygwin-1_7_2-release: 1.1
            cygwin-1_7_1-release: 1.1
            cv-branch-2: 1.1.0.8
            cr-0x5f1: 1.1.0.6
            cv-branch: 1.1.0.4
            cr-0x3b58: 1.1.0.2
    keyword substitution: kv
    total revisions: 1;     selected revisions: 1
    description:
    ----------------------------
    revision 1.1
    date: 2004/07/11 10:01:41;  author: dannysmith;  state: Exp;
            * include/unistd.h (ftruncate): Add inline definition.
            * mingwex/ftruncate.c: New file.
            * mingwex/Makefile.in: Add ftruncate.o to libmingwex.a.
    
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>From 950f3469e4c332f03e07124f2a591a62a65ed322 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 10:44:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ftruncate: mark module as obsolete; even MinGW provides it, now

* modules/ftruncate (Status): Obsolete.
(Notice): Say that.
* doc/posix-functions/ftruncate.texi: Don't say MinGW lacks it.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/9203
---
 ChangeLog                          |    8 ++++++++
 doc/posix-functions/ftruncate.texi |    3 ---
 modules/ftruncate                  |    7 ++++++-
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c80d6a..87d103b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-04-09  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>
+
+       ftruncate: mark module as obsolete; even MinGW provides it, now
+       * modules/ftruncate (Status): Obsolete.
+       (Notice): Say that.
+       * doc/posix-functions/ftruncate.texi: Don't say MinGW lacks it.
+       http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/9203
+
 2010-04-08  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        Fix side effects from tests-related modules.
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/ftruncate.texi 
b/doc/posix-functions/ftruncate.texi
index a902505..607d52d 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/ftruncate.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/ftruncate.texi
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ ftruncate

 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
address@hidden
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
 @end itemize

 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/modules/ftruncate b/modules/ftruncate
index a90be6c..e8aec5d 100644
--- a/modules/ftruncate
+++ b/modules/ftruncate
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Description:
 ftruncate() function: truncate an open file to a specified length.

+Status:
+obsolete
+
+Notice:
+This module is obsolete.
+
 Files:
 lib/ftruncate.c
 m4/ftruncate.m4
@@ -22,4 +28,3 @@ GPL

 Maintainer:
 Jim Meyering
-
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