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Re: Cygwin CWD vs. Win32 CWD (was Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: vim-7.3.003-1)


On Aug 27 09:39, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 02:56:37PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Aug 25 22:11, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:45:04PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >> >Still got no idea though whether the ability to delete a working
> >> >directory is worth it. As Eric pointed out, POSIX doesn't actually
> >> >require it, but Linux supports it.
> >> 
> >> Yeah, that's what I kept vacillating about.  Is it worth the extra overhead
> >> to allow POSIX functionality.  It's Wednesday so I'll go with yes.  I'll
> >> say no on the weekend.
> >
> >Maybe we should just say "no" now and be done with it.
> >
> >I'd create a patch to use SetCurrentDirectoryW(real_dir) in the first
> >place, and only use SetCurrentDirectoryW(\\?\PIPE) for directories which
> >are invalid as Win32 CWDs (virtual, too long, restricted perms).  I'd
> >also remove the CW_SYNC_WINCWD stuff and its documentation.
> >
> >I think the most important advantage is that we're back on safe ground
> >again.  If we ever find a way to revert to the <=1.7.5 behaviour in a
> >safe manner, we can re-evaluate.
> >
> >Is that ok?
> 
> It's ok with me.  I'm still going to check in some of what I've done
> though since it makes -lbinmode work.

Patch applied.  The doc changes are next on the list.


Corinna

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