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Re: MSYS mode (continue)


2013/7/4 Corinna Vinschen:
> On Jul  4 13:09, Alexey Pavlov wrote:
>> 2013-06-18  Alexey Pavlov
>>
>> * mount.cc: Allow using a shortened version of mount points in /etc/fstab
>> * utsname.h: Increase sysname fiels size.
>> * uname.cc: Allow changing OS name by MSYSTEM environment variable.
>> [...SNIP...]
>
> Can we please move patch submissions to the cygwin-patches mailing list?
> Thank you.
>
>> Index: cygwin/include/sys/utsname.h
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/utsname.h,v
>> retrieving revision 1.3
>> diff -u -p -r1.3 utsname.h
>> --- cygwin/include/sys/utsname.h 21 Jan 2013 04:38:31 -0000 1.3
>> +++ cygwin/include/sys/utsname.h 18 Jun 2013 11:39:27 -0000
>> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extern "C" {
>>
>>  struct utsname
>>  {
>> -  char sysname[20];
>> +  char sysname[21];
>
> We can't do that.  struct utsname is a publically facing structure.
> If you change the size, you're breaking compatibility with existing
> applications.
>
> You should better drop some character from the string you want to enter
> here.
>

I can't drop any symbol from "MINGW32" word :)
>
> Corinna
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