On Dec  8 10:47, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-patches wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> On Dec  7 19:25, Mark Geisert wrote:
> > Hi Corinna,
> > 
> > Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-patches wrote:
> > > On Dec  7 16:30, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-patches wrote:
> > > > On Dec  7 02:29, Mark Geisert wrote:
> > > > > The existing code errors as EINVAL any attempt to set a value for
> > > > > SO_PEERCRED via setsockopt() on an AF_UNIX/AF_LOCAL socket.  But to
> > > > > enable the workaround set_no_getpeereid behavior for Python one has
> > > > > to be able to set SO_PEERCRED to zero.  Ergo, this patch.  Python has
> > > > > no way to specify a NULL pointer for 'optval'.
> > > > > 
> > > > > This v2 of patch allows the original working (i.e., allow NULL,0 for
> > > > > optval,optlen to mean turn off SO_PEERCRED) in addition to the new
> > > > > working described above.  The sense of the 'if' stmt is reversed for
> > > > > readability.
> > > > > 
> > > > > ---
> > [...]
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > 2.29.2
> > > > 
> > > > Pushed
> > > 
> > > I created new developer snapshots for testing.
> > 
> > I didn't phrase my comment somewhere about "future snapshot TBA" as I had
> > intended.  I just meant some future snapshot, not that I was requesting one
> > for this patch.  But thank you very much anyway.
> 
> I freely admit I didn't actually read your comment :}

...the part talking about a future snapshot, that is...

> 
> I just created this snapshot because it seemed useful, so all is well :)
> 
> 
> Corinna

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