On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 01:41:45PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: >On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 01:09:40PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 12:05:54PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: >> >Beware, I found this: >> >2000-05-19 DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > * libc/include/stdio.h: no getc/putc macros for cygwin; causes >> > compatibility issues with different dll versions >> >so you may need to recompile when updating cygwin. >> >> Also wouldn't that work around the file locks that were ostensibly put >> there for a reason? > >That crossed my mind. But there is no file lock in the macro, which is >used by systems other than cygwin. How do they manage it?
They may not care of about this. >That issue may be a factor in the legendary slowness of Cygwin. AFAICT, this lock was introduced in April so if it is part of the legend it has grown to prominence very quickly. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
