From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10398: [PATCH] Use real vfork under Cygwin: it's fine these days Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:26:58 +0300 Message-ID: <83zkai3w8t.fsf@gnu.org> References: <31890c3c686da18017fafebac19a6529ee09950d.1325166842.git.dancol@dancol.org> <83lim269h3.fsf@gnu.org> <4F8567E2.5000907@cornell.edu> <83d37e5wgv.fsf@gnu.org> <4F857A76.9040208@cornell.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334172603 11639 80.91.229.3 (11 Apr 2012 19:30:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:30:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10398@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org To: Ken Brown Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 11 21:30:01 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SI3Ev-0002aM-5R for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:30:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48810 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SI3Eu-0002fN-If for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:30:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53676) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SI3Er-0002fB-RY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:29:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SI3Eo-0000KA-3w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:29:57 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56109) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SI3Eo-0000JU-0J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:29:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SI3Ft-0007FW-U4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:31:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:31:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10398 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 10398-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10398.133417264027836 (code B ref 10398); Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:31:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10398) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Apr 2012 19:30:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52647 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SI3FV-0007Er-5s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:30:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:33105) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SI3FO-0007Ef-Un for 10398@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:30:35 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0M2B00700XYZ7H00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 10398@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:28:48 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.57.204]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0M2B007DRY3Y7N10@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:28:48 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <4F857A76.9040208@cornell.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:58845 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:35:02 -0400 > From: Ken Brown > CC: larsi@gnus.org, dancol@dancol.org, 10398@debbugs.gnu.org, > cyd@stupidchicken.com > > >> I don't think we should make an effort to support Cygwin versions > >> earlier than 1.7. Cygwin 1.5 is no longer supported by Cygwin, so I > >> don't see a reason for emacs to try to support it. I suspect there > >> have been many emacs changes that are not compatible with Cygwin > >> 1.5. > > > > Fair enough, but then perhaps the configure script should at least > > warn, or maybe even refuse to continue, if it sees an older version? > > A warning would be fine, but I would suggest waiting until someone > reports an actual problem. My guess is that no one running Cygwin 1.5 > will ever try to build the emacs trunk. But if someone does try and > runs into problems, we can take the appropriate action. If you > disagree, I have no objection to inserting a warning now. I think we should put our money where our mouth is. If we consider Cygwin 1.5 unsupported, we should at least warn the prospective users that they are building Emacs with unsupported tools. So yes, I think we should insert a warning now. Could you please make such a change? TIA.