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Re: MinGW cleanup patch
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: MinGW cleanup patch |
Date: |
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:14:48 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:28:57PM CET:
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Peter Ekberg wrote:
> >Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >>* Peter Ekberg wrote on Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 11:50:14AM CET:
> >>>
> >>>The second hunk is perhaps a bit messy though, some other
> >>>solution might be better...
> >>
> >>Why does MinGW declare execv in a broken way? Can't they fix that?
> >
> >I don't know. Sorry. I might muster some energy and ask them, but
> >I'm not sure I'm going to bother.
>
> I expect that part of the reason is that MinGW is a clone of the
> Windows API rather than Unix so they will define the interface
> according to publically available Windows API specifications.
Yes, sure. But execv is declared differently by POSIX.
And AFAICS it's /not/ part of the native Windows API.
..
I looked. Yes, Windows API seems to have something like this. :-/
OK, if noone objects, I'll also apply the other hunk.
Regards,
Ralf