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Re: [BUG] git cat-file does not terminate

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RWRobert Wruck <wruck@tweerlei.de>
Date
Mar 9, 2011, 19:51 UTC
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> Thanks; it is not very critical so don't spend too much effort trying to
> find a way to do so at runtime.  We can always use the approach Jeff's
> Makefile patch took to make it safe (and potentially slow) by default on
> all Cygwin while still allowing people on an unaffected version to turn
> the workaround off while building.

The write() issue will presumably be fixed in the next cygwin release. I already have a version that works on WinXP where it used to fail.

-Robert
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  1. Robert WruckMar 4, 2011
  2. Peter BaumannMar 4, 2011
  3. Jeff KingMar 4, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2011
  5. Robert WruckMar 4, 2011
  6. Robert WruckMar 4, 2011
  7. Jeff KingMar 8, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2011
  9. Robert WruckMar 9, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2011
  11. Robert WruckMar 9, 2011
  12. Jeff KingMar 9, 2011

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