On Aug 18 13:57, Eric Blake wrote: > On 08/18/2010 01:55 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> I'm not convinced such a compromise would be worthwhile, because it > >> would forfeit Linux compatibility while still breaking some > >> Win32-using programs. I think it should be one way or the other: > >> either stick with the current approach, or always sync the Win32 > >> working directory up-to-date (except when that's not possible). > > > > The question here is a bit tricky, me thinks. > > > > 1) Do we want as much POSIX compatibility as possible? > > POSIX allows the refusal to delete an in-use directory; and Solaris NFS > mounts behave this way. But since Linux can delete in-use directories > (where an in-use directory includes the condition of at least one > process owning that directory as its cwd), and cygwin emulates Linux > rather than POSIX, we can try harder if it makes sense.
That lets me more tend to 3 now (cgf's idea to defer until the first chdir). I'm still chewing nails, though. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
