GNU bug report logs - #36405
26.2.90; O_PATH problem on some versions of Cygwin

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 36405 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kbrown <at> cornell.edu, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Subject: bug#36405: 26.2.90; O_PATH problem on some versions of Cygwin
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:25:02 +0300

> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:47:27 -0700
> Cc: 36405-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Thanks, but that patch intrudes on the mainline code a bit. It's simpler 
> to just disable O_PATH on Cygwin until the old Cygwin versions die out. 

IMO, that's too drastic.  Cygwin 3 is quite new, AFAIK, so it will be
years and years before the old versions die out; no one will remember
this bit by then.

What problems did you see/envision on other platforms with the
original patch?

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