On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 2:11 PM René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> wrote: > > diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c > index 563ad590df..7c6586af32 100644 > --- a/wrapper.c > +++ b/wrapper.c > @@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ int xopen(const char *path, int oflag, ...) > if (errno == EINTR) > continue; > > - if ((oflag & O_RDWR) == O_RDWR) > + if ((oflag & (O_CREAT | O_EXCL)) == (O_CREAT | O_EXCL)) > + die_errno(_("unable to create '%s'"), path); probably over conservative, but && errno == EEXIST? > + else if ((oflag & O_RDWR) == O_RDWR) > die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for reading and writing"), path); > else if ((oflag & O_WRONLY) == O_WRONLY) > die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for writing"), path); Since you are already changing this code, why not take the opportunity to refactor it and remove the " == FLAG" part of these conditionals which is otherwise redundant? Either way "Reviewed-by", and indeed a nice cleanup. Carlo