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Re: [PATCH] config.mak.uname: Cygwin: Use renames for creation

From: Mark Levedahl <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:06:07

On 08/07/2015 04:30 PM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote:
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When generating build options for Cygwin, enable
OBJECT_CREATION_USES_RENAMES.  This is necessary to use Git on Windows
shared directories, and is already enabled for the MinGW and plain
Windows builds.

This problem was reported on the Cygwin mailing list at
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-08/msg00102.html (amongst others) and
is being applied as a manual patch to the Cygwin builds until the patch
is taken here.

Reported-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
Signed-off-by: Adam Dinwoodie <redacted>
---
  config.mak.uname | 1 +
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 943c439..be5cbec 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_O),Cygwin)
  	X = .exe
  	UNRELIABLE_FSTAT = UnfortunatelyYes
  	SPARSE_FLAGS = -isystem /usr/include/w32api -Wno-one-bit-signed-bitfield
+	OBJECT_CREATION_USES_RENAMES = UnfortunatelyNeedsTo
  endif
  ifeq ($(uname_S),FreeBSD)
  	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
I've been supporting use of git on cygwin since about 2008, this issue 
has never risen that I know. Whatever issue is being patched around 
here, if truly repeatable, should be handled by the cygwin dll as that 
code is focused on providing full linux compatibility. If git on linux 
does need this patch, git on cygwin should not, either. So, I vote 
against this.

Mark
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