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Date:	Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:40:32 +0100
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Subject:	Re: cygwin 3.6.0 vs. libbsd 0.11.7-3: -lbsd breaks setproctitle()
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From:	Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Feb 19 14:25, Christian Franke via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
> 
> Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> > Hi Christian,
> > 
> > On Feb 19 11:14, Christian Franke via Cygwin wrote:
> > > Testcase:
> > > 
> > > $ uname -r
> > > 3.6.0-0.375.ged18acfe8c76.x86_64
> > > 
> > > $ cygcheck -f /usr/include/bsd/unistd.h
> > > libbsd-devel-0.11.7-3
> > > 
> > > $ cat spt.c
> > > #include <unistd.h>
> > > 
> > > int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
> > > {
> > >    initsetproctitle(argc, argv, envp);
> > >    setproctitle("argc = %d", argc);
> > >    sleep(2);
> > >    return 0;
> > > }
> > > 
> > > $ gcc -o spt-bsdovl -isystem /usr/include/bsd -DLIBBSD_OVERLAY spt.c -l bsd
> > > 
> > > $ gcc -o spt-bsd spt.c -l bsd
> > > 
> > > $ gcc -o spt-nobsd spt.c
> > > 
> > > $ ./spt-bsdovl
> > > spt-bsdovl: setproctitle not initialized, please either call
> > > setproctitle_init() or link against libbsd-ctor.
> > > 
> > > $ ./spt-bsd
> > > spt-bsd: setproctitle not initialized, please either call
> > > setproctitle_init() or link against libbsd-ctor.
> > > 
> > > $ ./spt-nobsd & procps -o pid,args -p $!
> > > [1] 2750
> > >    PID COMMAND
> > >   2750 spt-nobsd: argc = 1
> > The problem the Cygwin patch was supposed to fix is that the libbsd
> > version of setproctitle just doesn't work correctly on Cygwin:
> > 
> > $ uname -r
> > 3.5.7-1.x86_64
> > $ ./spt-bsdovl & procps -o pid,args -p $!
> > [1] 140
> >    PID COMMAND
> >    140 spt-bsdovl:
> > 
> > The way the include file /usr/include/bsd/unistd.h is designed,
> > we could make sure the libbsd version is used, by tweaking
> > /usr/include/sys/unistd.h:
> > 
> > diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/unistd.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/unistd.h
> > index e62e38d10ccf..732356d6a14e 100644
> > --- a/newlib/libc/include/sys/unistd.h
> > +++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/unistd.h
> > @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int     setpgid (pid_t __pid, pid_t __pgid);
> >   #if __SVID_VISIBLE || __XSI_VISIBLE >= 500
> >   int     setpgrp (void);
> >   #endif
> > -#if defined(__CYGWIN__) && __BSD_VISIBLE
> > +#if defined(__CYGWIN__) && __BSD_VISIBLE && !defined(LIBBSD_OVERLAY)
> >   /* Stub for Linux libbsd compatibility. */
> >   #define initsetproctitle(c, a, e) setproctitle_init((c), (a), (e))
> >   static inline void setproctitle_init (int, char *[], char *[]) {}
> > 
> > But that still allows to link against a non-working setproctitle.
> 
> Yes, and it won't work if bsd/unistd.h is included without LIBBSD_OVERLAY
> which is discouraged but still documented on libbsd(7).
> 
> 
> > So I think we rather shouldn't supply the libbsd version of
> > setproctitle_init/setproctitle anymore, as soon as cygwin 3.6.0 is
> > released.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> Makes sense. But then existing programs already using the functions from
> cygbsd-0.dll would no longer start. Perhaps keep the symbols in the DLL only
> for some time?

Sure!  The new version will just disable the header definitions but
still export the symbols for backward compat.


Thanks,
Corinna

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