[PATCH v5 2/8] Cygwin: winsup/doc/posix.xml: SUS V5 POSIX 2024 new additions available

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Mon Jan 13 19:18:24 GMT 2025


On 2025-01-13 10:21, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 12/01/2025 19:56, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> On 2025-01-12 10:58, Jon Turney wrote:
>>> On 11/01/2025 00:01, Brian Inglis wrote:
>>>> Add POSIX new additions available with din entries
>>>> or interfaces in headers and packages.
>>>
>>> What does 'din' mean in this context?
>>
>> POSIX entries which exist as exported symbols in cygwin.din but not mentioned 
>> elsewhere in posix.xml, so supported but not yet documented as any Unix 
>> interface.
> 
> Uh? what?
> 
> How are these different to any of the existing interfaces (which aren't 
> annotated in any way)?

Initially appeared to be Cygwin only, but getentropy_r and localename_l are in 
newlib and documented, but need fixed, so just the latter four now.

Please see response by Corinna and my reply for suggested changes.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher  but when there is no more to cut
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