On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:49:20 +0100
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi Takashi,
>
> On Mar 21 12:59, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-patches wrote:
> > - Currently, the name of input pipe is "pty-from-master" for
> > cygwin process, and "pty-to-slave" for non-cygwin process.
> > These are not only in
Am 22.03.2021 um 16:22 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2021, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
Am 15.03.2021 um 04:19 schrieb Johannes Schindelin via Cygwin-patches:
That argument might hold more sway if Windows itself didn't quite so
completely hide that information from users, too.
[Still CC Marco]
On 3/22/2021 7:43 AM, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-patches wrote:
[CC Marco]
On Mar 22 08:07, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-patches wrote:
On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:44:27 +0900
Takashi Yano wrote:
On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:01:24 +0900
Takashi Yano wrote:
Takashi Yano (2):
Cygwin: sysc
The Windows Store version of Python (and apparently other Windows Store
applications) install a special reparse point called "app execution
alias" into the user's `PATH`.
These applications can be executed without any problem, but they cannot
be read as if they were files. This trips up Cygwin's b
When the Windows Store version of Python is installed, so-called "app
execution aliases" are put into the `PATH`. These are reparse points
under the hood, with an undocumented format.
We do know a bit about this format, though, as per the excellent analysis:
https://www.tiraniddo.dev/2019/09/overv
When installing e.g. Python via the Windows Store, it is common that the
`python3.exe` entry in the `PATH` is not actually an executable at all,
but an "app executaion alias" (i.e. a special class of reparse point).
These filesystem entries are presented as 0-size files, but they are not
readable,
Hi Hans-Bernhard,
On Mon, 15 Mar 2021, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
> Am 15.03.2021 um 04:19 schrieb Johannes Schindelin via Cygwin-patches:
>
> > On Sat, 13 Mar 2021, Joe Lowe wrote:
> >
> > > I agree on the usefulness to the user of showing appexec target
> > > executable as symlink target. But
Hi Takashi,
On Mar 21 12:59, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-patches wrote:
> - Currently, the name of input pipe is "pty-from-master" for
> cygwin process, and "pty-to-slave" for non-cygwin process.
> These are not only inconsistent with output pipes but also very
> confusing.
> With this
[CC Marco]
On Mar 22 08:07, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-patches wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:44:27 +0900
> Takashi Yano wrote:
> > On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:01:24 +0900
> > Takashi Yano wrote:
> > > Takashi Yano (2):
> > > Cygwin: syscalls.cc: Make _get_osfhandle() return appropriate handle.
> > >
