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[PATCH] Error out if with-file-notification=w32 is specified on cygwin

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: 19909 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19909: [PATCH] Error out	if	with-file-notification=w32	is	specified on cygwin
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:44:30 +0100

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

>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:46:48 +0100
>> 
>> >> I don't think adding w32.c into the build on cygwin is going to work.
>> >
>> > Because of the above, or because of something else?
>> 
>> Because (perhaps mistakenly) I think that calling emacs code that
>> assumes it's running under Windows native will not interact well with
>> emacs code that's running under cygwin.
>
> Sorry, maybe I'm confused, but isn't your Cygwin build configured
> "--with-w32"?  If so, it already uses some of the Windows native code.
>

Yes, but only the bits relevant to the GUI. I don't know what the rest
of it does :)

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