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[PATCH 4/4] Cygwin 1.7 supports mmap

From
Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 19, 2013, 23:08 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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git has shipped for years with MMAP enabled in the stock distribution, there are no reports of problems / failures on the list relating to this. Leave the default as-is on v1.5 due to lack of knowlege of this working on earlier Cygwin.

Signed-off-by: Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
---
 config.mak.uname | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 048c252..32e8332 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -161,16 +161,16 @@ ifeq ($(uname_O),Cygwin)
 		NO_TRUSTABLE_FILEMODE = UnfortunatelyYes
 		OLD_ICONV = UnfortunatelyYes
 		NO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD = YesPlease
+		# There are conflicting reports about this.
+		# On some boxes NO_MMAP is needed, and not so elsewhere.
+		# Try commenting this out if you suspect MMAP is more efficient
+		NO_MMAP = YesPlease
 	else
 		NO_REGEX = UnfortunatelyYes
 	endif
 	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
 	NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY = UnfortunatelyYes
 	NO_ST_BLOCKS_IN_STRUCT_STAT = YesPlease
-	# There are conflicting reports about this.
-	# On some boxes NO_MMAP is needed, and not so elsewhere.
-	# Try commenting this out if you suspect MMAP is more efficient
-	NO_MMAP = YesPlease
 	X = .exe
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/cygwin.o
 	UNRELIABLE_FSTAT = UnfortunatelyYes
-- 
1.8.3.2.0.13
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  1. Cygwin has trustable filemodeMark Levedahl, Jul 14, 2013
  2. Ramsay JonesJul 16, 2013
  3. Mark LevedahlJul 16, 2013
  4. Cygwin has trustable filemodeMark Levedahl, Jul 19, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2013
  6. Mark LevedahlJul 19, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2013
  8. Mark LevedahlJul 19, 2013
  9. 1/4 Cygwin 1.7 has trustable filemodeMark Levedahl, Jul 19, 2013
  10. 2/4 Cygwin 1.7 needs compat/regexMark Levedahl, Jul 19, 2013
  11. 3/4 Cygwin 1.7 has thread-safe preadMark Levedahl, Jul 19, 2013
  12. 4/4 Cygwin 1.7 supports mmapMark Levedahl, Jul 19, 2013
  13. Jonathan NiederJul 19, 2013
  14. Ramsay JonesJul 20, 2013
  15. Ramsay JonesJul 20, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2013
  17. Mark LevedahlJul 22, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2013
  19. Mark LevedahlJul 22, 2013

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