On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 05:48:21PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Pavel Fedin <p.fe...@samsung.com> >> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:43:09 +0400 >> Cc: bug-make@gnu.org >> >> What if we implement posix_spawn() for Cygwin ? Would you like >> that ? > >If Paul accepts that for platforms other than Cygwin, I certainly >won't mind. But please wait for Paul and Christopher to provide their >responses.
posix_spawn is A LOT of work. I doubt that it would show up anytime soon. >> One more alternative idea. What if we clearly define spawn() specification >> for Cygwin ? It can be based on the rationale that spawn() is there to offer >> more performant version of fork() + exec(), and its behavior, ideally, >> should strictly follow original semantics of this pair. > >This would require that Cygwin developers bind themselves to that set >of requirements, and it still leaves open the issue of what Make does >between fork and exec. I really consider the use of Cygwin's spawn() deprecated and I'm not really interested in spending time on it. cgf _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
