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sys_select, sys_time: port 2013-01-30 Solaris 2.6 fix to Cygwin Problem reported by Marco Atzeri in <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2013-03/msg00000.html>. * lib/sys_select.in.h [HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H && _CYGWIN_SYS_TIME_H]: Simply delegate to the system <sys/select.h> in this case too. Also, pay attention to _GL_SYS_SELECT_H_REDIRECT_FROM_SYS_TIME_H only if OSF/1, since otherwise Cygwin breaks, and it doesn't seem to be needed on Solaris either. * lib/sys_time.in.h [_CYGWIN_SYS_TIME_H]: Simply delgate to the system <sys/time.h> in this case.
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1 Status for libposix
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4 This file documents the status of work-in-progress.
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5 No ChangeLog entries are needed for this file.
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7 Status for the libposix branch
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10 Bruce Korb says:
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12 I think a real big step in libposix is to get a little experience with it.
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13 There are also some few little nits pointed out in the discussions that
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14 need some careful consideration, but some experience in using it would
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15 be good, too. The intended/expected usage is along the lines of:
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17 1. configure, build and install the thing. Perhaps from:
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18 http://autogen.sourceforge.net/data/
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19 or roll your own, but the distribution should be there, I think.
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22 cover the needs of this unnamed project. That is an interesting
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23 issue, though: the concept behind "configure" is that you do
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24 feature tests rather than version testing. However, if you choose
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25 to not test the version of libposix and test the features you
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26 need of libposix, then I have an extremely difficult time trying
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27 to understand the point of libposix -- you are back to running
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28 a bunch of feature tests that take too long. Testing for a
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29 libposix current as of some marker (version number or date)
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30 seems right to me, though there are some caveats to consider
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31 regarding "retired" POSIX features.
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33 Anyway, the "fiddle a project" should boil down to testing
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34 for libposix in some way and then dying if it is not up to snuff.
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39 TODO list for master
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40 --------------------
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42 Bruno Haible says:
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45 proposed by Gary in the thread starting at
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46 [PATCH 0/7] contents of topic/libposix for merge to master
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47 in <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2010-10/threads.html>
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49 1) Allow generate header files to coexist without shadowing each other.
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59 2) Allow using libgnu's file name in module descriptions.
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72 libposix needs to install only selected headers, not all of them. Let the
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73 script look at the 'Include:' section of each module description.
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75 4) Module libposix
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80 More discussion needed
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82 5) Installable headers
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87 Patch to be rewritten to use nobase_nodist_include_HEADERS,
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89 other projects.
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90 Also see whether the Automake bug can be fixed.
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93 6) libposix subdirectory
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105 Patch to be revised.
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107 8) Licensing
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110 Status: A majority of the issues have been handled.
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111 Obsolete modules (free, memcpy) can be ignored.
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112 To be done:
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113 getcwd
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124 9) Versioning
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127 Status: No real plan exists.