From: jeffdb@netzone.com ("Mikey") Subject: Re: Picking up include directories automatically 17 May 1997 08:12:58 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199705170929.CAA29400.cygnus.gnu-win32@nz1.netzone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.0544.0 Original-To: Original-Cc: "cygnus" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.0544.0 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Well, since you obviously know what you're talking about, would you mind taking a look at the cdk/winsup/ dir, and giving us the benefit of your advice on fixing THIS implementation to do "The Right Thing :^)"? PS. look out for default text/binary handleing. ---- From: Jason Zions To: Mikey Cc: cygnus Date: Saturday, May 17, 1997 2:10 AM Subject: Re: Picking up include directories automatically >Actually, using a doubled-slash is indeed POSIX; a leading double-slash >in a pathname is explicitly called out as implementation-defined, and a >portable application should (a) deal with it without blowing up, and (b) >not ascribe any particular meaning to it. If anyone is interested, I can >get a specific chapter-and-verse citation. > >The OpenNT POSIX-conforming environment for NT uses >/// consistently, with very few (if any) source >changes required to publicly-available code. Once the >tmpdir()/tmpnam()/tempnam() functions are modified to "do the right >thing", most apps simply need slight changes to environment variables or >compile-time #defines to build correctly. Apache, for instance, came up >quite easily under OpenNT 2.0alpha and 2.0beta. > >Disclosure: I work for Softway Systems, maker of OpenNT. > >Jason Zions >http://www.softway.com >(email address diddled to prevent spamming) > >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".