[LTP] ftruncate02, ltp 20020507

[Suzanne H. <Suz...@st...>]

I have a system on which ftruncate02 is failing because the test suite =
assumes that a truncate whose length is larger than the original file =
will increase the size of the file. However, according to the man page =
on my linux system, the behavior in this case is unspecified:

DESCRIPTION
       Truncate  causes  the  file named by path or referenced by fd to =
be truncated to at
       most length bytes in size.  If the file previously was larger =
than this  size,  the
       extra  data is lost.  If the file previously was shorter, it is =
unspecified whether
       the file is left unchanged or is extended. In the latter  case  =
the  extended  part
       reads as zero bytes.  With ftruncate, the file must be open for =
writing.

Would appear to me that the test should not be testing this case, since =
the action has no expected result.

Thanks,
Suzanne