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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 21:19:29 -0500
From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
To: Mumit Khan <khan AT nanotech DOT wisc DOT edu>
Cc: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: (patch) winsup noncygwin mess cleanup
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In-Reply-To: <199912050214.UAA01237@mercury.xraylith.wisc.edu>; from khan@nanotech.wisc.edu on Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 08:14:59PM -0600

On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 08:14:59PM -0600, Mumit Khan wrote:
>Note that I haven't been able to track down one particular problem
>in fd inheritance, ever after spending way too much time on it. If
>I don't prevent fd inheritance in de_linearize_fd, it'll crash in
>build_fhandler.

That's right.  There is no way to inherit fds in a non-cygwin app since
the fds are passed via a "reserved" block in CreateProcess.  I've been
contemplating changing that.

From what I see in your patch, I think you've done the only thing that
makes sense.

cgf