On Feb 28 16:18, Eric Blake wrote: > > On Feb 28 07:30, Eric Blake wrote: > > > This version fixes the coreutils bug in pwd when called from /, or from > > > anywhere in the // hierarchy. [...] > > > > What happened to the simple, but *always* working idea to call getcwd in > > pwd to evaluate the current working directory? The new implementation > > looks a bit maniac. > > Ergo, this is an *experimental* release! I _purposefully_ > crippled the working getcwd implementation to give the > readdir fallback code more exposure (and to root out > bugs in the coreutils fallback code). When cygwin 1.5.20 > comes out, I will remove the cripple, and /bin/pwd will > once again be a super-efficient call to getcwd.
Uh, I see. Thanks. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/
