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bug#36405: 26.2.90; O_PATH problem on some versions of Cygwin
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#36405: 26.2.90; O_PATH problem on some versions of Cygwin |
Date: |
Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:25:02 +0300 |
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:47:27 -0700
> Cc: 36405-done@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Thanks, but that patch intrudes on the mainline code a bit. It's simpler
> to just disable O_PATH on Cygwin until the old Cygwin versions die out.
IMO, that's too drastic. Cygwin 3 is quite new, AFAIK, so it will be
years and years before the old versions die out; no one will remember
this bit by then.
What problems did you see/envision on other platforms with the
original patch?
bug#36405: 26.2.90; O_PATH problem on some versions of Cygwin, Ken Brown, 2019/06/28