From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 01:13:36 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: stdbuf: support AIX
X-Git-Tag: v9.8~293
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c326f712302c5586080ce6da63dc1f1524427d62;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

stdbuf: support AIX

* src/stdbuf.c (set_LD_PRELOAD): Use the AIX specific environment
variables LDR_PRELOAD or LDR_PRELOAD64.
* NEWS: Mention the bugfix.
---

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8259423684..8b3d9d3cc2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   'sort +0.18446744073709551615R input' on 64 bit systems.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-7.2]
 
+  stdbuf now works on AIX.  Previously it would have been ineffective.
+  [bug introduced with the stdbuf program in coreutils-7.5]
+
   tty now exits with status 4 with a special diagnostic if ttyname
   fails even though standard input is a tty.  Formerly it quietly
   pretended that standard input was not a tty.
diff --git a/src/stdbuf.c b/src/stdbuf.c
index ba42468388..9fa9d01f41 100644
--- a/src/stdbuf.c
+++ b/src/stdbuf.c
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ set_LD_PRELOAD (void)
   int ret;
 #ifdef __APPLE__
   char const *preload_env = "DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES";
+#elif defined _AIX
+  char const *preload_env = (sizeof (void *) < 8
+                             ? "LDR_PRELOAD" : "LDR_PRELOAD64");
 #else
   char const *preload_env = "LD_PRELOAD";
 #endif