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


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Reini Urban wrote:

> 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 You show the reason why below when you quote out-of-date parts of the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.
> >
> >[snip]
> > 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 go through the document and look for stuff that is out of date.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.

Volunteer to become a (rigorous) maintainer of these docs sections.  Send
patches to the cygwin list.  After a while, you may get commit privileges
so you can commit your own docs patches.
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI>.
	Igor
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