Why is taskset still not in util-linux?

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Eliot Moss!

>> I've reproduced your snags.  It/they are due to my having forgotten another
>> tiny update that should have been part of the 2.33.1-cygwin-cpuset.patch
>> file.  If you
>> 'echo "#define SYS_sched_getaffinity 42" > /usr/local/include/sys/syscall.h'
>> and then back out your other fix attempts, the build using cygport should work.

> What an amusing hack!  I especially like the sensibility of 42!  :-)

Because that's THE ANSWER!

> I will try this.  When I built it last night, I got a successful compile,
> but it didn't do anything.  For example, taskset 1 ls did not output
> _anything_ -- no error message and no ls output :-( ...

> It will be the weekend here in Australia (I'm visiting, and wondering about
> exactly how and when I will get home) so maybe I'll play with it some more
> on Saturday ...


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Saturday, March 21, 2020 0:41:58

Sorry for my terrible english...