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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 09:59:34 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Incomplete POSIX_TIMERS support?
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On Apr  9 09:54, Keith Moore wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 10:32:19PM +0200, Keith Moore wrote:
> > 
> >>/usr/include/sys/features.h defines _POSIX_TIMERS, presumably to
> >>indicate that POSIX timers are supported. There seems to be something
> >>missing, though.
> >>
> >>Under the influence of _POSIX_TIMERS, /usr/include/time.h defines
> >>function prototypes for clock_gettime() and clock_getres() (and a few
> >>others). clock_gettime() gets linked-in from libc.a, but I cannot find a
> >>library for clock_getres().
> >>
> >>This is causing problems for the CVS version of wget, which assumes
> >>_POSIX_TIMERS means all of the POSIX timer APIs are supported.
> >>
> >>Am I missing something here? Is there a clock_getres() somewhere?
> > 
> > 
> > No, there isn't.  Sorry.
> 
> Should there be? Would you be interested in a patch that implemented a
> few more of the POSIX timers APIs?

We're always interested in contributions, so, sure, go ahead.  Just note
that you have to have a Cygwin copyright assignment in place before we
can apply patches for legal reasons.  See http://cygwin.com/contrib.html.


Corinna

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