"Conrad T. Pino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The CVS project compiles the Windows CVS binary with Microsoft Visual
> Studio 6.0 which doesn't have a "fchdir" implementation which is used
> in "save-cwd.c" module. The comments say:
>
>Some systems lack fchdir altogether: e.g., OS/2, pre-2001 C
Jim Meyering wrote:
> Is it an option to use a more modern/POSIX-compliant development
> environment on Windows? I know that Cygwin now has fchdir
> and it looks
> like MKS has support for it, too.
> If you opt to continue using Visual Studio 6 in
> spite of this, it must have some important red
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Jim.Hyslop wrote:
| Jim Meyering wrote:
|
|> Is it an option to use a more modern/POSIX-compliant development
|> environment on Windows? I know that Cygwin now has fchdir and it
|> looks like MKS has support for it, too.
|
|
|> If you opt to continue u
[CVS support for MSVC]
By the way, I just had a quick look at Visual Studio .NET 2003, and it does
not appear to have POSIX support. At least, there's not fchdir function,
which is what triggered this whole discussion ;=)
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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc
On Tuesday 08 March 2005 16:37, Derek Price wrote:
> Jim.Hyslop wrote:
> | Jim Meyering wrote:
> |> Is it an option to use a more modern/POSIX-compliant development
> |> environment on Windows? I know that Cygwin now has fchdir and it
> |> looks like MKS has support for it, too.
> |>
> |>
> |> If
Derek Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm afraid I have to agree with Jim Hyslop. Whatever Microsoft's
> flaws, I still believe that some of our mutual user base is at least
> relatively innocent and should still be catered to.
This is not about Microsoft per se, but simply about
the lack of f
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Jim Meyering wrote:
| Derek Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|
|> I'm afraid I have to agree with Jim Hyslop. Whatever Microsoft's
|> flaws, I still believe that some of our mutual user base is at
|> least relatively innocent and should still be cater
Here's a patch that should restore the ability of save-cwd to
work on systems without the fchdir function.
Would you please see if this is sufficient?
If so, I'll check it in to gnulib (with an AC_CHECK_FUNCS(fchdir)
in save-cwd.m4).
Index: save-cwd.c
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Hi Jim,
> From: Jim Meyering [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> This is not about Microsoft per se, but simply about
> the lack of fchdir (or POSIX support in general) in WOE.
I agree let's not enumerate Microsoft's flaws as we would never
finish. :)
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Hi Jim,
> From: Jim Meyering [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Here's a patch that should restore the ability of save-cwd to
> work on systems without the fchdir function.
>
> Would you please see if this is sufficient?
> If so, I'll check it in to gn
"Conrad T. Pino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>> Would you please see if this is sufficient?
>> If so, I'll check it in to gnulib (with an AC_CHECK_FUNCS(fchdir)
>> in save-cwd.m4).
>
> The patch as submitted does not compile. This line fails:
>
> return fchdir (cwd->desc);
>
> The patch at
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Hi Jim,
> From: Jim Meyering [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Conrad T. Pino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
> >> Would you please see if this is sufficient?
> >> If so, I'll check it in to gnulib (with an AC_CHECK_FUNCS(fchdir)
> >> in save-cwd.m4
"Conrad T. Pino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>> I've checked that in.
>
> I've seen the "lib/save-cwd.c" change in GULLib CVS on Savannah but
> I didn't see the "AC_CHECK_FUNCS(fchdir) in save-cwd.m4" change.
It was too late :)
I've just done it.
Index: m4/save-cwd.m4
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On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 09:26:47AM -0500, Jim.Hyslop wrote:
> The MSVC build stands alone, not requiring any external DLLs.
>
> I don't think it is reasonable to require all Windows users to download and
> install Cygwin just to run CVS.
So how does Tony Hoyle's CVSNT deal with this issue?
>
>
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