More non-negative news: The Cygwin/X Server creates its own subdirectory and a bunch of files in /tmp and still appears to work fine.
-- Gary R. Van Sickle > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary R. > Van Sickle > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 8:56 PM > To: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: [NON-WHINE] RE: mkstemp vs. text mode > > > From: Gary R. Van Sickle > > > > > From: Gary R. Van Sickle > > > > > > > From: Christopher Faylor > > > [snip] > > > > Yes, I think it makes sense to open temp files in binary > > > but I'll bet > > > > that someone is relying on textmode behavior. > > > > > > I'll see that bet and raise you; I'll bet this results in massive > > > problems. > > > > > Welp, looks like I (probably) lose that hand (happily). Using: > > CYGWIN_NT-5.1 DFW5RB41 1.5.20s(0.155/4/2) 20060418 12:31:05 > i686 Cygwin > > with a /tmp mounted as text mode works fine for a configure, > build, and install of wxWindows. The configure does most of > the temp file machinations, with about 2000 add, modify, and > remove events in the /tmp directory, as reported by a program > I have for monitoring such things. > > -- > Gary R. Van Sickle > -- 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/
