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Re: MSYS mode (continue)
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 11:07:04 +0200
- Subject: Re: MSYS mode (continue)
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On Jul 4 12:36, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 02:16:17PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jul 4 13:45, Alexey Pavlov wrote:
> >> 2013/7/4 Corinna Vinschen:
> >> > On Jul 4 14:23, Alexey Pavlov wrote:
> >> >> 2013/7/4 Corinna Vinschen:
> >> >> > On Jul 4 12:37, Alexey Pavlov wrote:
> >> >> >> 2013/7/4 Corinna Vinschen:
> >> >> >> > On Jul 4 13:09, Alexey Pavlov wrote:
> >> >> >> >> struct utsname
> >> >> >> >> {
> >> >> >> >> - char sysname[20];
> >> >> >> >> + char sysname[21];
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > We can't do that. struct utsname is a publically facing structure.
> >> >> >> > If you change the size, you're breaking compatibility with existing
> >> >> >> > applications.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > You should better drop some character from the string you want to enter
> >> >> >> > here.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I can't drop any symbol from "MINGW32" word :)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > That's not 20 chars long.
> >> >> >
> >> >> Yes. But not only this need to be in 20 symbols. On cygwin 20 symbols is:
> >> >>
> >> >> CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64\0
> >> >>
> >> >> But
> >> >>
> >> >> MINGW32_NT-6.1-WOW64\0
> >> >>
> >> >> is 21 symbol.
> >> >
> >> > Then drop the dash between "NT" and "6.1". Or let's drop the WOW64
> >> > since it's redundant anyway, given the content of "machine".
> >> >
> >>
> >> Let's drop it!
> >
> >I'm ok with that, but I think we should drop the "32" from MINGW in
> >the first place.
> >
> >Does anybody rely on the "WOW64" in uname -s output? I just checked
> >the scripts in /bin in my installation and none of it seems to check
> >for that info.
> >
> >And then again, it *is* redundant, given the uname -m output...
>
> Can we back up a moment and discuss whether, regardless of string
> length, this is the right approach? This isn't what I'd envisioned
> when I said "hooks".
I don't think hooks make sense for such simple, nonintrusive stuff.
This may be different for bigger things like the weird "copy symlinks"
stuff, of course.
Also, you didn't so far define how these hooks are supposed to work.
A detailed description of your idea would be useful for the discussion.
Corinna
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