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RE: Cygwin and getsubopt


Chris Taylor wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 03:04:01PM +0530, Vijay Kiran Kamuju wrote:

>>> I could see getsubopt declaration in the unistd.h
>>> but in unix/linux its defined in stdlib.h
>>> i have also noticed that cygwin1.dll does not have that function
>>> implemented. as strings cygwin1.dll as of the 20060105 snapshot debug
>>> version did 
>>> not give any results for the string getsubopt.
>>> Its well supported in all of the unices, i dont know how we missed on
>>> it. 

>> Mwuhahaha.
>> 
>> *wring fingers, cackle insanely, lightening flashes in background*
>> 
>> cgf

> *spellcheckers cringe* ? ;)
> 
> 
> Vijay: you shouldn't expect something to be in cygwin just because all
> the other unix derivatives you've used have it..
> Cygwin aims for POSIX compliance, and it's an ongoing project to get
> there.. These things take time.. I'm sure that this applies:
> http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC


  Patch already posted.  Newlib already implements it, so it was just a matter
of exporting it.

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2006-q1/msg00012.html


    cheers,
      DaveK
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