Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Subject: RE: 1.1.4: Inconsistent i-node numbers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.4368.4 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:46:17 +1100 Message-ID: <188CAABFF1C6AD4D946FF2170CD8B7AA0709BA@itdomain002.itdomain.net.au> Thread-Topic: 1.1.4: Inconsistent i-node numbers Thread-Index: AcBjE8ZglrPcC1L1TgOgUZLvr+7tyAAACRUw From: "Robert Collins" To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id UAA17854 > -----Original Message----- > From: David Sainty [mailto:David DOT Sainty AT optimation DOT co DOT nz] > Sent: Monday, 11 December 2000 12:45 PM > To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com > Cc: dave @ dtsp (E-mail) > Subject: Re: 1.1.4: Inconsistent i-node numbers > > > This also affects 'zsh', which uses its own implementation of > getcwd(). > > Perhaps this issue belongs in the FAQ? > > Is there any interest in making 'zsh' a standard Cygwin distributed > application? A patch to 'zsh' would make this problem go > away, and who > really wants to use 'bash'? :) > > (While I'm on the topic, ispell would be a great addition too :) > > Cheers, > > Dave > > > From: Christopher Faylor > > > > This is a long-standing problem in cygwin. Using real > inode numbers in > > readdir would be expensive but using hashes for everything would be > imprecise. > > > > I've never heard of a great solution for this, unfortunately. > > > > cgf > > > Dave, There was a recent thread about becoming a package maintainer - look in the archives. I'm sure that extra contributions will be welcomed. However re zsh vs bash... that can become religious :-] - as long as bash is available I'll be happy.. Rob -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com