Re: RFA: Support Windows extended error numbers in safe_strerror

[David Ayers <d dot ayers at inode dot at>]

Eli Zaretskii schrieb:
>>Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 09:53:32 -0500
>>From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
>>
>>Well, it can't be in win32-nat.c - it's for Windows hosting rather
>>than Windows native.  But I could move the code to a new
>>Windows-specific file, like ser-windows.o introduced in my other
>>patch, and call it there.  I've no objection to that.
> 
> 
> ser-windows.c would be good, I think.
> 

<de-lurk>
Well I think that treating cygwin and mingw as separate platforms is
something that is creeping into many GNU projects.  (Well I suppose that
development is not really confined to GNU projects).  But I think if
both cygwin and mingw will be supported that it is important recognize
them as different platforms.  Therefor it seems any project would be
well advised to avoid the term 'windows' and use 'cygwin' and 'mingw'
respectively.

IOW, I'd suggest ser-mingw.c instead.
</de-lurk>

Cheers,
David