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Re: [PATCH/RFC 3/3] upload-archive: use start_command instead of fork

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 7, 2011, 19:15 UTC
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<20110707191528.GD12044@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 01:43:09PM +0200, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
> The POSIX-function fork is not supported on Windows. Use our
> start_command API instead.

Is start_command the right solution? From my reading, the fork is actually because we want to set up a sideband multiplexer. Should we not just be using start_async() to start a thread, as we do in receive-pack?

-Peff
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Message 7 of 11 in “port upload-archive to windows”
  1. 0/3 port upload-archive to windowsErik Faye-Lund, Jul 7, 2011
  2. 1/3 compat/win32/sys/poll.c: upgrade from upstreamErik Faye-Lund, Jul 7, 2011
  3. 2/3 mingw: fix compilation of poll-emulationErik Faye-Lund, Jul 7, 2011
  4. 3/3 upload-archive: use start_command instead of forkErik Faye-Lund, Jul 7, 2011
  5. Johannes SixtJul 7, 2011
  6. Erik Faye-LundJul 7, 2011
  7. Jeff KingJul 7, 2011
  8. Erik Faye-LundJul 7, 2011
  9. Jeff KingJul 7, 2011
  10. Erik Faye-LundJul 7, 2011
  11. Jeff KingJul 7, 2011

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