Re: [PATCH 1/3] index-helper: fix UNIX_PATH_MAX redefinition error on cygwin

> 
> On 11/04/16 05:20, Torsten Bögershausen wrote:
> > On 04/11/2016 12:59 AM, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> > The header mentions cygwin, but changes it for linux, BSD and Mac
> > OS as well.
> > Is this intentional ?
> 
> Yes. I only compile on 32/64-bit linux and 64-bit cygwin these days,
> so I only
> noticed the warnings (yes I wrote error, but it should be warning) on
> cygwin.
> Other systems may suffer the same warnings, of course.
> 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
> > > ---
> > >   git-compat-util.h | 17 -----------------
> > >   index-helper.c    |  4 ++--
> > >   read-cache.c      |  2 +-
> > >   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
> > > index 0e35c13..c90c8c6 100644
> > > --- a/git-compat-util.h
> > > +++ b/git-compat-util.h
> > > @@ -1043,21 +1043,4 @@ struct tm *git_gmtime_r(const time_t *,
> > > struct tm *);
> > >   #define getc_unlocked(fh) getc(fh)
> > >   #endif
> > >   -#ifdef __linux__
> > > -#define UNIX_PATH_MAX 108
> > > -#elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(BSD)
> > > -#define UNIX_PATH_MAX 104
> > > -#else
> > Can we use a #elif __CYGWIN__ here to fix the re-definition just
> > for cygwi ?
> 
> As I said in the cover letter, that is an option - but why bother
> with
> UNIX_PATH_MAX at all?