On 14.05.2020 13:02, Ian Jackson wrote:
> I've read this thread.  Jan, I'm sorry that this causes you
> inconvenience.  I'm hoping it won't come down to a choice between
> supporting people who want to ship a dom0 without perl, and people who
> want a dom0 using more-than-a-decade-old coreutils.
> 
> Jan, can you tell me what the output is of this on your ancient
> system:
> 
>   $ rm -f t
>   $ >t
>   $ exec 3<t
>   $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
>   regular empty file 393549
>   $ rm t
>   $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
>   regular empty file 393549
>   $ strace -ou stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
>   $

$ rm -f t
$ >t
$ exec 3<t
$ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
regular empty file 3380369
$ rm t
$ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
regular empty file 3380369
$ strace -ou stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3
regular empty file 3380369

> Also, the contents of the file "u" afterwards, please.

Attached.

Thanks for looking into this, Jan