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Re: Cygdaemon - planning


Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 05:28:35PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 10:43:16AM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote:

So, if the package configury sets HAVE_FUNCTION_FOO when the system says ENOSYS the package configury is broken and needs fixed anyway.

But ENOSYS is only returned on systems not *running* cygserver. If
cygserver runs during the configure process, the configury is perfectly
happy. You're missing the fact that the developers system is not necessaily in the same state as the users system.


(I feel like a mediator here)
I think Earnie is saying that well-written code would notice the ENOSYS
error and use alternative solutions at run time.


Correct, and the cygwin-apps review process would need to consider it manditory for the package acceptance/upgrade process.


Earnie.


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