Sounds to me like Cygwin is SUS-compliant here to me. Perhaps you'd get a more sympathetic response if you posted code that does what you need, is itself SUS-compliant, and has trouble on Cygwin but not other SUS-compliant platforms. While it's always preferable that bug reports come with patches for review, a simple, clear test case which shows the problem effectively is the next best thing. Sometimes it even prods someone else to fix the problem you're seeing! ;-)
Just a thought, Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX At 08:10 AM 3/25/2002, Wu Yongwei wrote: >Thank you for your suggestions. The points are: > >1) Cygwin did very well, but not now; > >2) I was not using ftime to get time, but to get timezone information. > >3) timezone variable is not usable in Cygwin. > >So timezone is now not portable. Cygwin broke some "unportable" code. > >Best regards, > >Wu Yongwei > >"Fleischer, Karsten (K.)" wrote: > > > > > Also notes the usage of "unspecified". "Unspecified" means > > > the standard does > > > not say anything about the implementation, and, IMHO, the > > > implementors are > > > free to choose the best practices. > > > > ... or to not implement anything at all. > > > > > I think it is obviously a > > > good way to > > > follow BSD. > > > > Possibly. > > The better way for application developers is to follow the Single UNIX > >Specification. > > Any application relying on results that are explicitely marked as > > "unspecified" in the SUS standard can be considered non-portable. > > > > >From the SUSv3 documentation: > > > > APPLICATION USAGE > > For applications portability, the time() function should be used to > > determine the current time instead of ftime(). > > > > Karsten > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
