--- Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:31:08PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >cwd =
> >
> >just as Richard Kim says. The code for Cwd::cwd on cygwin is
> >implemented by <perl-src>/cygwin.c -- but I don't know why it's
> >failing. Patches gratefully accepted (and archived -- I'm not planning
> >to release a new perl build myself until 5.6.1 comes out; and probably
> >not even then if a third party takes the initiative...
>
> The problem is that it looks like perl is calling getcwd like this:
>
> getcwd (NULL, 0);
>
The standards documentation explicitly states to not do this.
> and cygwin is returning a NULL, as is mandated by both the Single Unix
> Specification and the linux man page. 1.1.4 allowed zero length length
> arguments but that was a bug that I fixed in 1.1.5.
>
Let the fix stand and allow the ports to adapt.
> I had no idea that people were relying on the bug.
>
> I'm not sure what to do about this. I am loathe to accomodate a bug
> like this but I don't want to force a new perl release or endure to the
> next two years of "I cygwined my perl 1.1.[5-9] and it am broke" messages
> either.
>
I'd rather see this than live with a known bug. We don't need to be "Bugward
Compatible" ((tm) Akim Demaille).
Cheers,
=====
Earnie Boyd
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