[PATCH] Cygwin: redefine some macros for Linux compatibility
Ken Brown
kbrown@cornell.edu
Wed Jul 6 20:51:29 GMT 2022
On 7/6/2022 4:25 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> Patch attached.
>
> I wasn't sure whether the API bump was warranted for such a trivial change. But
> the fact is that some programs compiled prior to the patch will behave
> differently if they are recompiled after the patch. For example, emacs limits
> the number of open subprocesses to FD_SETSIZE, so this number will change when
> emacs is recompiled for Cygwin 3.4.0. Is that a good enough reason to bump the
> API?
Oh, wait a minute there's already been an API bump from 341 to 342, so I guess
there's no need for another. I could just add the FD_SETSIZE and NOFILE changes
to the explanation for that bump.
Ken
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