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Re: Known Issues: document missing POSIX compliance and other unexpected behaviour


Christopher Faylor schrieb:
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 05:11:03PM +0200, Reini Urban wrote:
I found no document where missing POSIX functionality is listed
and where other non-POSIX but expected typical UNIX functionality and/or
behaviour are different or missing. The user guide is a bit short on that.

The only way such a document would be useful would be if it was rigorously maintained.

ok.


You show the reason why below when you quote out-of-date parts of the
existing documentation.
It is certainly worthwhile to sweep through the docs and get everything
up-to-date, though.


select():
see http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-SELECT
TODO

This points to a page which explains (in an outdated manner) implementation details of select. I don't see how it applies.

It applies as a TODO item. :)


processes
---------
See the user-guide on fork, ipc, COFF, ...

COFF?

Yes. Imho, the topic "processes" also includes loading a process. And handling the data structures in which the process is stored, even if not active ("loaded"). And COFF is good to known/explain in contrast to ELF or a.out. Also for debugging purposes.

fork:
see http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC74 and http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PROCESS


PID's:
Unfortunately cygwin must use seperate PID's than the
underlying windows PID's.
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PROCESS

The documentation is out of date. This is not true.


I think I'll stop here.  You're showing that it would be worthwhile to
go through the document and look for stuff that is out of date.

I guess that would be a job for Corinna, Pierre, and me, since
no one else seems to understand these issues.  If someone else wants
to take a stab at it, however, please feel free.

Sure, but where?
In the list or elsewhere? As I suggested in a wiki for some while until it is in the docs. Seems to work out good, even if it should be "rigorously maintained", as you said.
--
Reini Urban
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/


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