[EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] Cygwin: spawn: Treat empty path as the current directory.

[Brian Inglis]

On 2022-06-30 12:35, Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via 
Cygwin-patches wrote:
>> However, use of this feature is deprecated, and POSIX notes that a
>> conforming application shall use an explicit pathname (e.g., .)  to
>> specify the current working directory.

> Since "SHALL" does not mean "MUST", I think this patch is correct.

It appears you may be confusing POSIX's (1.5 Terminology)
*shall* (mandatory) and *should* (recommended):

"*SHALL*

For an implementation that conforms to POSIX.1-2017, describes a feature 
or behavior that is mandatory. An application can rely on the existence 
of the feature or behavior.

For an application or user, describes a behavior that is mandatory.

*SHOULD*

For an implementation that conforms to POSIX.1-2017, describes a feature 
or behavior that is recommended but not mandatory. An application should 
not rely on the existence of the feature or behavior. An application 
that relies on such a feature or behavior cannot be assured to be 
portable across conforming implementations.

For an application, describes a feature or behavior that is recommended 
programming practice for optimum portability."

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