X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:19:21 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: "run" changes behavior with cygwin-17.6 Message-ID: <20100818201921.GI11340@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20100818185421.GC22698@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100818191340.GB11340@calimero.vinschen.de> <20100818191906.GD22698@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100818192238.GA27567@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100818193446.GC11340@calimero.vinschen.de> <20100818193940.GA4358@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100818195546.GF11340@calimero.vinschen.de> <4C6C3B15.2000605@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C6C3B15.2000605@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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