Re: MinGW cleanup patch

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 03:43:49PM CET:
> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >>
> >>I expect that part of the reason is that MinGW is a clone of the
> >>Windows API rather than Unix so they will define the interface
> >>according to publically available Windows API specifications.
> >
> >Yes, sure.  But execv is declared differently by POSIX.
> >And AFAICS it's /not/ part of the native Windows API.
> 
> It might be presented as an underscore version (_execv).  MinGW 
> depends entirely on existing Windows functions in existing Windows 
> DLLs so while it can alias/rename some functions (e.g. _read --> read) 
> it can't provide extended functionality without additional libraries.

Yes, it is in fact _execv.  Thats what the other part of my message was
about (the part you did not quote):

| ..
| 
| I looked.  Yes, Windows API seems to have something like this.  :-/
| OK, if noone objects, I'll also apply the other hunk.

I'm reposting this because there might be a reason you did not see this
in the mail I sent: the two dots in the first line.  If that is correct,
please say so, because there's most likely a broken MTA/MDA/MUA
somewhere in between lists.gnu.org and your site :-/

Regards,
Ralf