Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:32:05 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Known Issues: document missing POSIX compliance and other unexpected behaviour Message-ID: <20041006153205.GH29289@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <41640B07 DOT 2040607 AT x-ray DOT at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41640B07.2040607@x-ray.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 05:11:03PM +0200, Reini Urban wrote: >I found no document where missing POSIX functionality is listed >and where other non-POSIX but expected typical UNIX functionality and/or >behaviour are different or missing. The user guide is a bit short on that. The only way such a document would be useful would be if it was rigorously maintained. You show the reason why below when you quote out-of-date parts of the existing documentation. It is certainly worthwhile to sweep through the docs and get everything up-to-date, though. >select(): > see http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-SELECT > TODO This points to a page which explains (in an outdated manner) implementation details of select. I don't see how it applies. >processes >--------- >See the user-guide on fork, ipc, COFF, ... COFF? >fork: >see http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC74 and >http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PROCESS > >PID's: >Unfortunately cygwin must use seperate PID's than the >underlying windows PID's. >http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PROCESS The documentation is out of date. This is not true. I think I'll stop here. You're showing that it would be worthwhile to go through the document and look for stuff that is out of date. I guess that would be a job for Corinna, Pierre, and me, since no one else seems to understand these issues. If someone else wants to take a stab at it, however, please feel free. cgf -- 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/