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Assume at least POSIX.1-1988 for fcntl.h

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Message #35 received at 12881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 12881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12881: Assume at least POSIX.1-1988 for fcntl.h
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:00:44 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,  12881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:26:11 -0500
> 
> > But as for Eli's comment, he's quite right in saying that, when things
> > break, he's the only one to fix them.  Many of the recent changes that
> > have broken Windows need to be fixed by someone who's not only
> > well-versed on Windows development, but also POSIX.  Unfortunately the
> > number of people with that skill set is tiny among Emacs developers,
> > I think.
> 
> Yes, indeed.  I find it a bit scary, actually,

It's not.  It involves careful reading of the code and of the Posix
spec, that's all.

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