2 files changed, 25 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
index efc09a0..b8f6e2c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ QString QFSFileEnginePrivate::canonicalized(const QString &path)
         return path;
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-    // FIXME let's see if this stuff works, then we might be able to remove some of the other code
+    // FIXME let's see if this stuff works, then we might be able to remove some of the other code.
+    // baaad Mac: 10.5 and 10.6 crash if trying to free a value returned by
+    // realpath() if the input path is just the root component.
+    if (path.size() == 1 && path.at(0) == QLatin1Char('/'))
+        return path;
     char *ret = realpath(path.toLocal8Bit().constData(), (char*)0);
     if (ret) {
         QString canonicalPath = QDir::cleanPath(QString::fromLocal8Bit(ret));
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp
index 8cbf6a3..71414ce 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp
@@ -191,12 +191,16 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
             return false;
         }
 
-        QT_STATBUF statBuf;
-        if (QT_FSTAT(fd, &statBuf) != -1) {
-            if ((statBuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
-                q->setError(QFile::OpenError, QLatin1String("file to open is a directory"));
-                QT_CLOSE(fd);
-                return false;
+        if (!(openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
+            // we don't need this check if we tried to open for writing because then
+            // we had received EISDIR anyway.
+            QT_STATBUF statBuf;
+            if (QT_FSTAT(fd, &statBuf) != -1) {
+                if ((statBuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
+                    q->setError(QFile::OpenError, QLatin1String("file to open is a directory"));
+                    QT_CLOSE(fd);
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -230,12 +234,16 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
             return false;
         }
 
-        QT_STATBUF statBuf;
-        if (QT_FSTAT(fileno(fh), &statBuf) != -1) {
-            if ((statBuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
-                q->setError(QFile::OpenError, QLatin1String("file to open is a directory"));
-                fclose(fh);
-                return false;
+        if (!(openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
+            // we don't need this check if we tried to open for writing because then
+            // we had received EISDIR anyway.
+            QT_STATBUF statBuf;
+            if (QT_FSTAT(fileno(fh), &statBuf) != -1) {
+                if ((statBuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
+                    q->setError(QFile::OpenError, QLatin1String("file to open is a directory"));
+                    fclose(fh);
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
         }