Import Gnulib modules: link, fsync, readlink, rename, mkdir, rmdir, unistd.

* lib/fsync.c:
* lib/link.c:
* lib/mkdir.c:
* lib/strdup.c:
* m4/fsync.m4:
* m4/link.m4:
* m4/mkdir.m4:
* m4/strdup.m4: New files.

* lib/Makefile.am
* m4/gnulib-cache.m4
* m4/gnulib-comp.m4: Add modules.

11 files changed, 695 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 18cb5e3bb..8b643c72b 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
 #
 # Generated by gnulib-tool.
-# Reproduce by: gnulib-tool --import --dir=. --local-dir=gnulib-local --lib=libgnu --source-base=lib --m4-base=m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=build-aux --lgpl=3 --no-conditional-dependencies --libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files accept alignof alloca-opt announce-gen autobuild bind byteswap c-strcase canonicalize-lgpl ceil clock-time close connect copysign dirfd duplocale environ extensions flock floor fpieee frexp fstat full-read full-write func gendocs getaddrinfo getlogin getpeername getsockname getsockopt git-version-gen gitlog-to-changelog gnu-web-doc-update gnupload havelib iconv_open-utf inet_ntop inet_pton isfinite isinf isnan ldexp lib-symbol-versions lib-symbol-visibility libunistring listen localcharset locale log1p lstat maintainer-makefile malloc-gnu malloca mkstemp nl_langinfo nproc open pipe-posix pipe2 poll putenv recv recvfrom regex rename select send sendto setenv setsockopt shutdown socket stat-time stdlib strftime striconveh string sys_stat time times trunc verify vsnprintf warnings wchar
+# Reproduce by: gnulib-tool --import --dir=. --local-dir=gnulib-local --lib=libgnu --source-base=lib --m4-base=m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=build-aux --lgpl=3 --no-conditional-dependencies --libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files accept alignof alloca-opt announce-gen autobuild bind byteswap c-strcase canonicalize-lgpl ceil clock-time close connect copysign dirfd duplocale environ extensions flock floor fpieee frexp fstat fsync full-read full-write func gendocs getaddrinfo getlogin getpeername getsockname getsockopt git-version-gen gitlog-to-changelog gnu-web-doc-update gnupload havelib iconv_open-utf inet_ntop inet_pton isfinite isinf isnan ldexp lib-symbol-versions lib-symbol-visibility libunistring link listen localcharset locale log1p lstat maintainer-makefile malloc-gnu malloca mkdir mkstemp nl_langinfo nproc open pipe-posix pipe2 poll putenv readlink recv recvfrom regex rename rmdir select send sendto setenv setsockopt shutdown socket stat-time stdlib strftime striconveh string sys_stat time times trunc unistd verify vsnprintf warnings wchar
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.9.6 gnits subdir-objects
 
@@ -567,6 +567,15 @@ EXTRA_libgnu_la_SOURCES += fstat.c
 
 ## end   gnulib module fstat
 
+## begin gnulib module fsync
+
+
+EXTRA_DIST += fsync.c
+
+EXTRA_libgnu_la_SOURCES += fsync.c
+
+## end   gnulib module fsync
+
 ## begin gnulib module full-read
 
 libgnu_la_SOURCES += full-read.h full-read.c
@@ -905,6 +914,15 @@ EXTRA_DIST += libunistring.valgrind
 
 ## end   gnulib module libunistring
 
+## begin gnulib module link
+
+
+EXTRA_DIST += link.c
+
+EXTRA_libgnu_la_SOURCES += link.c
+
+## end   gnulib module link
+
 ## begin gnulib module listen
 
 
@@ -1417,6 +1435,15 @@ EXTRA_libgnu_la_SOURCES += memchr.c
 
 ## end   gnulib module memchr
 
+## begin gnulib module mkdir
+
+
+EXTRA_DIST += mkdir.c
+
+EXTRA_libgnu_la_SOURCES += mkdir.c
+
+## end   gnulib module mkdir
+
 ## begin gnulib module mkstemp
 
 
@@ -2336,6 +2363,15 @@ EXTRA_DIST += stdlib.in.h
 
 ## end   gnulib module stdlib
 
+## begin gnulib module strdup-posix
+
+
+EXTRA_DIST += strdup.c
+
+EXTRA_libgnu_la_SOURCES += strdup.c
+
+## end   gnulib module strdup-posix
+
 ## begin gnulib module streq
 
 
diff --git a/lib/fsync.c b/lib/fsync.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99475ff65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fsync.c
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/* Emulate fsync on platforms that lack it, primarily Windows and
+   cross-compilers like MinGW.
+
+   This is derived from sqlite3 sources.
+   http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/rlog?f=sqlite/src/os_win.c
+   http://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html
+
+   Written by Richard W.M. Jones <rjones.at.redhat.com>
+
+   Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
+
+/* FlushFileBuffers */
+# define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+# include <windows.h>
+
+# include <errno.h>
+
+/* Get _get_osfhandle.  */
+# include "msvc-nothrow.h"
+
+int
+fsync (int fd)
+{
+  HANDLE h = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle (fd);
+  DWORD err;
+
+  if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+    {
+      errno = EBADF;
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  if (!FlushFileBuffers (h))
+    {
+      /* Translate some Windows errors into rough approximations of Unix
+       * errors.  MSDN is useless as usual - in this case it doesn't
+       * document the full range of errors.
+       */
+      err = GetLastError ();
+      switch (err)
+        {
+        case ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
+          /* For a read-only handle, fsync should succeed, even though we have
+             no way to sync the access-time changes.  */
+          return 0;
+
+          /* eg. Trying to fsync a tty. */
+        case ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE:
+          errno = EINVAL;
+          break;
+
+        default:
+          errno = EIO;
+        }
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#else /* !Windows */
+
+# error "This platform lacks fsync function, and Gnulib doesn't provide a replacement. This is a bug in Gnulib."
+
+#endif /* !Windows */
diff --git a/lib/link.c b/lib/link.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9db1f8cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/link.c
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+/* Emulate link on platforms that lack it, namely native Windows platforms.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#if !HAVE_LINK
+# if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
+
+#  define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#  include <windows.h>
+
+/* CreateHardLink was introduced only in Windows 2000.  */
+typedef BOOL (WINAPI * CreateHardLinkFuncType) (LPCTSTR lpFileName,
+                                                LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName,
+                                                LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes);
+static CreateHardLinkFuncType CreateHardLinkFunc = NULL;
+static BOOL initialized = FALSE;
+
+static void
+initialize (void)
+{
+  HMODULE kernel32 = GetModuleHandle ("kernel32.dll");
+  if (kernel32 != NULL)
+    {
+      CreateHardLinkFunc =
+        (CreateHardLinkFuncType) GetProcAddress (kernel32, "CreateHardLinkA");
+    }
+  initialized = TRUE;
+}
+
+int
+link (const char *file1, const char *file2)
+{
+  char *dir;
+  size_t len1 = strlen (file1);
+  size_t len2 = strlen (file2);
+  if (!initialized)
+    initialize ();
+  if (CreateHardLinkFunc == NULL)
+    {
+      /* System does not support hard links.  */
+      errno = EPERM;
+      return -1;
+    }
+  /* Reject trailing slashes on non-directories; mingw does not
+     support hard-linking directories.  */
+  if ((len1 && (file1[len1 - 1] == '/' || file1[len1 - 1] == '\\'))
+      || (len2 && (file2[len2 - 1] == '/' || file2[len2 - 1] == '\\')))
+    {
+      struct stat st;
+      if (stat (file1, &st) == 0 && S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
+        errno = EPERM;
+      else
+        errno = ENOTDIR;
+      return -1;
+    }
+  /* CreateHardLink("b/.","a",NULL) creates file "b", so we must check
+     that dirname(file2) exists.  */
+  dir = strdup (file2);
+  if (!dir)
+    return -1;
+  {
+    struct stat st;
+    char *p = strchr (dir, '\0');
+    while (dir < p && (*--p != '/' && *p != '\\'));
+    *p = '\0';
+    if (p != dir && stat (dir, &st) == -1)
+      {
+        int saved_errno = errno;
+        free (dir);
+        errno = saved_errno;
+        return -1;
+      }
+    free (dir);
+  }
+  /* Now create the link.  */
+  if (CreateHardLinkFunc (file2, file1, NULL) == 0)
+    {
+      /* It is not documented which errors CreateHardLink() can produce.
+       * The following conversions are based on tests on a Windows XP SP2
+       * system. */
+      DWORD err = GetLastError ();
+      switch (err)
+        {
+        case ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
+          errno = EACCES;
+          break;
+
+        case ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION:    /* fs does not support hard links */
+          errno = EPERM;
+          break;
+
+        case ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE:
+          errno = EXDEV;
+          break;
+
+        case ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND:
+        case ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND:
+          errno = ENOENT;
+          break;
+
+        case ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER:
+          errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
+          break;
+
+        case ERROR_TOO_MANY_LINKS:
+          errno = EMLINK;
+          break;
+
+        case ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS:
+          errno = EEXIST;
+          break;
+
+        default:
+          errno = EIO;
+        }
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+# else /* !Windows */
+
+#  error "This platform lacks a link function, and Gnulib doesn't provide a replacement. This is a bug in Gnulib."
+
+# endif /* !Windows */
+#else /* HAVE_LINK */
+
+# undef link
+
+/* Create a hard link from FILE1 to FILE2, working around platform bugs.  */
+int
+rpl_link (char const *file1, char const *file2)
+{
+  size_t len1;
+  size_t len2;
+  struct stat st;
+
+  /* Don't allow IRIX to dereference dangling file2 symlink.  */
+  if (!lstat (file2, &st))
+    {
+      errno = EEXIST;
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  /* Reject trailing slashes on non-directories.  */
+  len1 = strlen (file1);
+  len2 = strlen (file2);
+  if ((len1 && file1[len1 - 1] == '/')
+      || (len2 && file2[len2 - 1] == '/'))
+    {
+      /* Let link() decide whether hard-linking directories is legal.
+         If stat() fails, then link() should fail for the same reason
+         (although on Solaris 9, link("file/","oops") mistakenly
+         succeeds); if stat() succeeds, require a directory.  */
+      if (stat (file1, &st))
+        return -1;
+      if (!S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
+        {
+          errno = ENOTDIR;
+          return -1;
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* Fix Cygwin 1.5.x bug where link("a","b/.") creates file "b".  */
+      char *dir = strdup (file2);
+      char *p;
+      if (!dir)
+        return -1;
+      /* We already know file2 does not end in slash.  Strip off the
+         basename, then check that the dirname exists.  */
+      p = strrchr (dir, '/');
+      if (p)
+        {
+          *p = '\0';
+          if (stat (dir, &st) == -1)
+            {
+              int saved_errno = errno;
+              free (dir);
+              errno = saved_errno;
+              return -1;
+            }
+        }
+      free (dir);
+    }
+  return link (file1, file2);
+}
+#endif /* HAVE_LINK */
diff --git a/lib/mkdir.c b/lib/mkdir.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1b802b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mkdir.c
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/* On some systems, mkdir ("foo/", 0700) fails because of the trailing
+   slash.  On those systems, this wrapper removes the trailing slash.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* written by Jim Meyering */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification.  */
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "dirname.h"
+
+/* Disable the definition of mkdir to rpl_mkdir (from the <sys/stat.h>
+   substitute) in this file.  Otherwise, we'd get an endless recursion.  */
+#undef mkdir
+
+/* mingw's _mkdir() function has 1 argument, but we pass 2 arguments.
+   Additionally, it declares _mkdir (and depending on compile flags, an
+   alias mkdir), only in the nonstandard includes <direct.h> and <io.h>,
+   which are included in the <sys/stat.h> override.  */
+#if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
+# define mkdir(name,mode) _mkdir (name)
+# define maybe_unused _GL_UNUSED
+#else
+# define maybe_unused /* empty */
+#endif
+
+/* This function is required at least for NetBSD 1.5.2.  */
+
+int
+rpl_mkdir (char const *dir, mode_t mode maybe_unused)
+{
+  int ret_val;
+  char *tmp_dir;
+  size_t len = strlen (dir);
+
+  if (len && dir[len - 1] == '/')
+    {
+      tmp_dir = strdup (dir);
+      if (!tmp_dir)
+        {
+          /* Rather than rely on strdup-posix, we set errno ourselves.  */
+          errno = ENOMEM;
+          return -1;
+        }
+      strip_trailing_slashes (tmp_dir);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      tmp_dir = (char *) dir;
+    }
+#if FUNC_MKDIR_DOT_BUG
+  /* Additionally, cygwin 1.5 mistakenly creates a directory "d/./".  */
+  {
+    char *last = last_component (tmp_dir);
+    if (*last == '.' && (last[1] == '\0'
+                         || (last[1] == '.' && last[2] == '\0')))
+      {
+        struct stat st;
+        if (stat (tmp_dir, &st) == 0)
+          errno = EEXIST;
+        return -1;
+      }
+  }
+#endif /* FUNC_MKDIR_DOT_BUG */
+
+  ret_val = mkdir (tmp_dir, mode);
+
+  if (tmp_dir != dir)
+    free (tmp_dir);
+
+  return ret_val;
+}
diff --git a/lib/strdup.c b/lib/strdup.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bde582927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/strdup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1996-1998, 2002-2004, 2006-2007, 2009-2014 Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+   with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _LIBC
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+/* Get specification.  */
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#undef __strdup
+#ifdef _LIBC
+# undef strdup
+#endif
+
+#ifndef weak_alias
+# define __strdup strdup
+#endif
+
+/* Duplicate S, returning an identical malloc'd string.  */
+char *
+__strdup (const char *s)
+{
+  size_t len = strlen (s) + 1;
+  void *new = malloc (len);
+
+  if (new == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  return (char *) memcpy (new, s, len);
+}
+#ifdef libc_hidden_def
+libc_hidden_def (__strdup)
+#endif
+#ifdef weak_alias
+weak_alias (__strdup, strdup)
+#endif
diff --git a/m4/fsync.m4 b/m4/fsync.m4
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..888a65def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/fsync.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# fsync.m4 serial 2
+dnl Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_FSYNC],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([fsync])
+  if test $ac_cv_func_fsync = no; then
+    HAVE_FSYNC=0
+  fi
+])
+
+# Prerequisites of lib/fsync.c.
+AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_FSYNC], [:])
diff --git a/m4/gnulib-cache.m4 b/m4/gnulib-cache.m4
index 3c3c65d85..fc7391cda 100644
--- a/m4/gnulib-cache.m4
+++ b/m4/gnulib-cache.m4
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 # Specification in the form of a command-line invocation:
-#   gnulib-tool --import --dir=. --local-dir=gnulib-local --lib=libgnu --source-base=lib --m4-base=m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=build-aux --lgpl=3 --no-conditional-dependencies --libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files accept alignof alloca-opt announce-gen autobuild bind byteswap c-strcase canonicalize-lgpl ceil clock-time close connect copysign dirfd duplocale environ extensions flock floor fpieee frexp fstat full-read full-write func gendocs getaddrinfo getlogin getpeername getsockname getsockopt git-version-gen gitlog-to-changelog gnu-web-doc-update gnupload havelib iconv_open-utf inet_ntop inet_pton isfinite isinf isnan ldexp lib-symbol-versions lib-symbol-visibility libunistring listen localcharset locale log1p lstat maintainer-makefile malloc-gnu malloca mkstemp nl_langinfo nproc open pipe-posix pipe2 poll putenv recv recvfrom regex rename select send sendto setenv setsockopt shutdown socket stat-time stdlib strftime striconveh string sys_stat time times trunc verify vsnprintf warnings wchar
+#   gnulib-tool --import --dir=. --local-dir=gnulib-local --lib=libgnu --source-base=lib --m4-base=m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=build-aux --lgpl=3 --no-conditional-dependencies --libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files accept alignof alloca-opt announce-gen autobuild bind byteswap c-strcase canonicalize-lgpl ceil clock-time close connect copysign dirfd duplocale environ extensions flock floor fpieee frexp fstat fsync full-read full-write func gendocs getaddrinfo getlogin getpeername getsockname getsockopt git-version-gen gitlog-to-changelog gnu-web-doc-update gnupload havelib iconv_open-utf inet_ntop inet_pton isfinite isinf isnan ldexp lib-symbol-versions lib-symbol-visibility libunistring link listen localcharset locale log1p lstat maintainer-makefile malloc-gnu malloca mkdir mkstemp nl_langinfo nproc open pipe-posix pipe2 poll putenv readlink recv recvfrom regex rename rmdir select send sendto setenv setsockopt shutdown socket stat-time stdlib strftime striconveh string sys_stat time times trunc unistd verify vsnprintf warnings wchar
 
 # Specification in the form of a few gnulib-tool.m4 macro invocations:
 gl_LOCAL_DIR([gnulib-local])
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ gl_MODULES([
   fpieee
   frexp
   fstat
+  fsync
   full-read
   full-write
   func
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ gl_MODULES([
   lib-symbol-versions
   lib-symbol-visibility
   libunistring
+  link
   listen
   localcharset
   locale
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ gl_MODULES([
   maintainer-makefile
   malloc-gnu
   malloca
+  mkdir
   mkstemp
   nl_langinfo
   nproc
@@ -95,10 +98,12 @@ gl_MODULES([
   pipe2
   poll
   putenv
+  readlink
   recv
   recvfrom
   regex
   rename
+  rmdir
   select
   send
   sendto
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ gl_MODULES([
   time
   times
   trunc
+  unistd
   verify
   vsnprintf
   warnings
diff --git a/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 b/m4/gnulib-comp.m4
index 74a51f79e..b333d6aed 100644
--- a/m4/gnulib-comp.m4
+++ b/m4/gnulib-comp.m4
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_EARLY],
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_FP_IEEE])
   # Code from module frexp:
   # Code from module fstat:
+  # Code from module fsync:
   # Code from module full-read:
   # Code from module full-write:
   # Code from module func:
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_EARLY],
   # Code from module lib-symbol-versions:
   # Code from module lib-symbol-visibility:
   # Code from module libunistring:
+  # Code from module link:
   # Code from module listen:
   # Code from module localcharset:
   # Code from module locale:
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_EARLY],
   # Code from module mbsinit:
   # Code from module mbtowc:
   # Code from module memchr:
+  # Code from module mkdir:
   # Code from module mkstemp:
   # Code from module msvc-inval:
   # Code from module msvc-nothrow:
@@ -202,6 +205,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_EARLY],
   # Code from module stdint:
   # Code from module stdio:
   # Code from module stdlib:
+  # Code from module strdup-posix:
   # Code from module streq:
   # Code from module strftime:
   # Code from module striconveh:
@@ -365,6 +369,12 @@ AC_SUBST([LTALLOCA])
     gl_PREREQ_FSTAT
   fi
   gl_SYS_STAT_MODULE_INDICATOR([fstat])
+  gl_FUNC_FSYNC
+  if test $HAVE_FSYNC = 0; then
+    AC_LIBOBJ([fsync])
+    gl_PREREQ_FSYNC
+  fi
+  gl_UNISTD_MODULE_INDICATOR([fsync])
   gl_FUNC
   gl_GETADDRINFO
   if test $HAVE_GETADDRINFO = 0; then
@@ -499,6 +509,11 @@ AC_SUBST([LTALLOCA])
   gl_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
   gl_VISIBILITY
   gl_LIBUNISTRING
+  gl_FUNC_LINK
+  if test $HAVE_LINK = 0 || test $REPLACE_LINK = 1; then
+    AC_LIBOBJ([link])
+  fi
+  gl_UNISTD_MODULE_INDICATOR([link])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_HEADER_SYS_SOCKET])
   if test "$ac_cv_header_winsock2_h" = yes; then
     AC_LIBOBJ([listen])
@@ -570,6 +585,10 @@ AC_SUBST([LTALLOCA])
     gl_PREREQ_MEMCHR
   fi
   gl_STRING_MODULE_INDICATOR([memchr])
+  gl_FUNC_MKDIR
+  if test $REPLACE_MKDIR = 1; then
+    AC_LIBOBJ([mkdir])
+  fi
   gl_FUNC_MKSTEMP
   if test $HAVE_MKSTEMP = 0 || test $REPLACE_MKSTEMP = 1; then
     AC_LIBOBJ([mkstemp])
@@ -752,6 +771,12 @@ AC_SUBST([LTALLOCA])
   gl_STDINT_H
   gl_STDIO_H
   gl_STDLIB_H
+  gl_FUNC_STRDUP_POSIX
+  if test $ac_cv_func_strdup = no || test $REPLACE_STRDUP = 1; then
+    AC_LIBOBJ([strdup])
+    gl_PREREQ_STRDUP
+  fi
+  gl_STRING_MODULE_INDICATOR([strdup])
   gl_FUNC_GNU_STRFTIME
   if test $gl_cond_libtool = false; then
     gl_ltlibdeps="$gl_ltlibdeps $LTLIBICONV"
@@ -1016,6 +1041,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   lib/floor.c
   lib/frexp.c
   lib/fstat.c
+  lib/fsync.c
   lib/full-read.c
   lib/full-read.h
   lib/full-write.c
@@ -1055,6 +1081,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   lib/itold.c
   lib/langinfo.in.h
   lib/libunistring.valgrind
+  lib/link.c
   lib/listen.c
   lib/localcharset.c
   lib/localcharset.h
@@ -1075,6 +1102,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   lib/mbtowc.c
   lib/memchr.c
   lib/memchr.valgrind
+  lib/mkdir.c
   lib/mkstemp.c
   lib/msvc-inval.c
   lib/msvc-inval.h
@@ -1142,6 +1170,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   lib/stdint.in.h
   lib/stdio.in.h
   lib/stdlib.in.h
+  lib/strdup.c
   lib/streq.h
   lib/strftime.c
   lib/strftime.h
@@ -1225,6 +1254,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   m4/fpieee.m4
   m4/frexp.m4
   m4/fstat.m4
+  m4/fsync.m4
   m4/func.m4
   m4/getaddrinfo.m4
   m4/getlogin.m4
@@ -1257,6 +1287,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   m4/lib-prefix.m4
   m4/libunistring-base.m4
   m4/libunistring.m4
+  m4/link.m4
   m4/localcharset.m4
   m4/locale-fr.m4
   m4/locale-ja.m4
@@ -1277,6 +1308,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   m4/mbstate_t.m4
   m4/mbtowc.m4
   m4/memchr.m4
+  m4/mkdir.m4
   m4/mkstemp.m4
   m4/mmap-anon.m4
   m4/mode_t.m4
@@ -1328,6 +1360,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   m4/stdint_h.m4
   m4/stdio_h.m4
   m4/stdlib_h.m4
+  m4/strdup.m4
   m4/strftime.m4
   m4/string_h.m4
   m4/sys_file_h.m4
diff --git a/m4/link.m4 b/m4/link.m4
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e923d0d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/link.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# link.m4 serial 8
+dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LINK],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([link])
+  if test $ac_cv_func_link = no; then
+    HAVE_LINK=0
+  else
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether link obeys POSIX],
+      [gl_cv_func_link_works],
+      [touch conftest.a
+       # Assume that if we have lstat, we can also check symlinks.
+       if test $ac_cv_func_lstat = yes; then
+         ln -s conftest.a conftest.lnk
+       fi
+       AC_RUN_IFELSE(
+         [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+           [[#include <unistd.h>
+           ]],
+           [[int result = 0;
+             if (!link ("conftest.a", "conftest.b/"))
+               result |= 1;
+#if HAVE_LSTAT
+             if (!link ("conftest.lnk/", "conftest.b"))
+               result |= 2;
+             if (rename ("conftest.a", "conftest.b"))
+               result |= 4;
+             if (!link ("conftest.b", "conftest.lnk"))
+               result |= 8;
+#endif
+             return result;
+           ]])],
+         [gl_cv_func_link_works=yes], [gl_cv_func_link_works=no],
+         [case "$host_os" in
+                    # Guess yes on glibc systems.
+            *-gnu*) gl_cv_func_link_works="guessing yes" ;;
+                    # If we don't know, assume the worst.
+            *)      gl_cv_func_link_works="guessing no" ;;
+          esac
+         ])
+       rm -f conftest.a conftest.b conftest.lnk])
+    case "$gl_cv_func_link_works" in
+      *yes) ;;
+      *)
+        REPLACE_LINK=1
+        ;;
+    esac
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/m4/mkdir.m4 b/m4/mkdir.m4
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51e78c13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/mkdir.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# serial 11
+
+# Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2004, 2006, 2008-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# On some systems, mkdir ("foo/", 0700) fails because of the trailing slash.
+# On others, mkdir ("foo/./", 0700) mistakenly succeeds.
+# On such systems, arrange to use a wrapper function.
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MKDIR],
+[dnl
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_SYS_STAT_H_DEFAULTS])
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([unistd.h])
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether mkdir handles trailing slash],
+    [gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_slash_works],
+    [rm -rf conftest.dir
+      AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#       include <sys/types.h>
+#       include <sys/stat.h>
+]], [return mkdir ("conftest.dir/", 0700);])],
+      [gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_slash_works=yes],
+      [gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_slash_works=no],
+      [case "$host_os" in
+                 # Guess yes on glibc systems.
+         *-gnu*) gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_slash_works="guessing yes" ;;
+                 # If we don't know, assume the worst.
+         *)      gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_slash_works="guessing no" ;;
+       esac
+      ])
+    rm -rf conftest.dir
+    ]
+  )
+  case "$gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_slash_works" in
+    *yes) ;;
+    *)
+      REPLACE_MKDIR=1
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether mkdir handles trailing dot],
+    [gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_dot_works],
+    [rm -rf conftest.dir
+      AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#       include <sys/types.h>
+#       include <sys/stat.h>
+]], [return !mkdir ("conftest.dir/./", 0700);])],
+      [gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_dot_works=yes],
+      [gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_dot_works=no],
+      [case "$host_os" in
+                 # Guess yes on glibc systems.
+         *-gnu*) gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_dot_works="guessing yes" ;;
+                 # If we don't know, assume the worst.
+         *)      gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_dot_works="guessing no" ;;
+       esac
+      ])
+    rm -rf conftest.dir
+    ]
+  )
+  case "$gl_cv_func_mkdir_trailing_dot_works" in
+    *yes) ;;
+    *)
+      REPLACE_MKDIR=1
+      AC_DEFINE([FUNC_MKDIR_DOT_BUG], [1], [Define to 1 if mkdir mistakenly
+        creates a directory given with a trailing dot component.])
+      ;;
+  esac
+])
diff --git a/m4/strdup.m4 b/m4/strdup.m4
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1681a30eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/strdup.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# strdup.m4 serial 13
+
+dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_STRDUP],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_HEADER_STRING_H_DEFAULTS])
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([strdup])
+  AC_CHECK_DECLS_ONCE([strdup])
+  if test $ac_cv_have_decl_strdup = no; then
+    HAVE_DECL_STRDUP=0
+  fi
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_STRDUP_POSIX],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_HEADER_STRING_H_DEFAULTS])
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_CHECK_MALLOC_POSIX])
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([strdup])
+  if test $ac_cv_func_strdup = yes; then
+    if test $gl_cv_func_malloc_posix != yes; then
+      REPLACE_STRDUP=1
+    fi
+  fi
+  AC_CHECK_DECLS_ONCE([strdup])
+  if test $ac_cv_have_decl_strdup = no; then
+    HAVE_DECL_STRDUP=0
+  fi
+])
+
+# Prerequisites of lib/strdup.c.
+AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_STRDUP], [:])