Re: Trying to get GIT running on SCO OpenServer

Junio C Hamano wrote:

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

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FWIW we had the same problem in MinGW, and Hannes Sixt solved it:

http://repo.or.cz/w/git/mingw/j6t.git?a=commitdiff;h=b8e84a68f01a2386b2071e1bdc8e24de809a3f6d

That might give you an idea how to solve the issue.  Maybe you even make a 
git patch out of it?  With a Makefile variable BROKEN_SNPRINTF=YesPlease, 
maybe?

Hmmm.  Looking at that change makes me wonder if that solution
is Kosher.  The value of the va_list you pass to vsnprintf() is
unspecified after the call.

It may be Ok as mingw-only "compatibility wrapper", but I think
you have to be a bit careful.  It is not a general solution for
any BROKEN_SNPRINTF.

That's what va_copy() is for.

	-hpa