GNU bug report logs - #15610
24.3; Implement (network-interface-list) on Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lubos Pintes <lubos.pintes <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 15610 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lubos Pintes <lubos.pintes <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 15610 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15610: 24.3; Implement (network-interface-list) on Windows
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 20:20:57 +0300

> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:46:25 +0200
> From: Lubos Pintes <lubos.pintes <at> gmail.com>
> 
> When I googled about mentioned function, I saw a discussion where
> someone stated that it is not possible on Windows for reason I am unable
> to remember now.
> Now I ran Cygwin version of Emacs and the function is implemented
> there. So, it is definitely possible to implement it somehow on Windows.

The Cygwin library code for this is in net.cc.  Volunteers are welcome
to lift it from there into some w32*.c file inside Emacs.

Btw, it would be nice to hear some use case where this functionality
is really important.  TIA.
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