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Port feature/native-comp to Windows

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Message #23 received at 41242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Nicolas Bértolo <nicolasbertolo <at> gmail.com>,
 41242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41242: Port feature/native-comp to Windows
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 20:08:43 +0000

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

>> From: Nicolas Bértolo <nicolasbertolo <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 16:26:57 -0300
>> 
>> * `package-delete` fails because it tries to delete the .eln file via
>>   `delete-file`. This is impossible in Windows because it's generally impossible
>>   to delete files that have an open HANDLE in the system.
>
> Is that the handle from LoadLibrary?  If so, cannot we close the
> handle once the .eln file is loaded?

AFAIU we cannot close the handle till we have code around (compiled Lisp
function) coming from the eln.

Andrea

PS BTW I see now we never close the handle but this is a bug, I'll fix now.

-- 
akrl <at> sdf.org

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