GNU bug report logs - #12881
Assume at least POSIX.1-1988 for fcntl.h

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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: bug#12881: Assume at least POSIX.1-1988 for fcntl.h
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:44:40 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com,  eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,  12881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:10:11 -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.
> 
> I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing.  What scares me is the
> "what would happen without Eli?".

That scares me as well.

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