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Subject: Re: RFC: linux compatibility
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:04:44 -0500
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Hmm,  back in the 'good old days' we used to write "self modifying"
assembler code to take care of this kind of problem.  Guess you could do
the same in C; just copy the appropriate struct into the exports area?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Corinna Vinschen" <vinschen AT cygnus DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: RFC: linux compatibility


| Chris Faylor wrote:
| > Hmm.  Some OS's have a "personality" model.  We could actually adopt
| > something like that.  New code could default to the "linux
personality"
| > while older code could stil use the default "cygwin hodge-podge
personality".
| > This might not be feasible with some things like timezone, etc.
|
| That could be managed by the header file.
|
| extern time_t _timezone __declspec(dllimport);
|
| #if defined (LINUX_PERSONALITY)
| #define timezone _timezone
| #elif defined (HODGE_PODGE_PERSONALITY)
| char *_EXFUN(timezone, (void));
| #endif
|
| Corinna
|
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