posix_spawn facility

[Corinna Vinschen]

Hi Bruno,

On Apr 16 13:46, Bruno Haible via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> AFAIU, Cygwin has a working posix_spawn[p] implementation since 2020
> (commit 3fbfcd11fb09d5f47af3043ee47ec5c7d863d872, 2020-08-03, Cygwin 3.1.7).
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> [...]
> Would it be possible to change Cygwin's posix_spawnp implementation,
> so that both tests succeed?

Basically, yes, but...

> Disclaimer: I have done my tests with Cygwin 2.9.0; so, if things have
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I'm a bit puzzled. You quote that only Cygwin 3.1.7 has the fixed
posix_spawn, but then you test this with a version three years older?

Sorry, but... wouldn't it at least make sense to test this with a more
recent version of Cygwin first?


Thanks,
Corinna