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Re: [PATCH ld/maint-diff-quiet-w] Windows: redirect fopen("/dev/null") to fopen("nul")

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 25, 2010, 17:03 UTC
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Larry D'Anna <larry@elder-gods.org> writes:
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> * Johannes Sixt (j.sixt@viscovery.net) [100225 03:49]:
>> From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
>> 
>> An instance of fopen("/dev/null",...) was added to the code base. On
>> Windows, we have to use "nul" instead. This implements a compatibility
>> wrapper of fopen() that checks for this particular condition.
>
> Doesn't store_updated_refs do this too?
I think there is no problem, as the patch covers that case, too.
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Message 3 of 5 in “Windows: redirect fopen("/dev/null") to fopen("nul")”
  1. Windows: redirect fopen("/dev/null") to fopen("nul")Johannes Sixt, Feb 25, 2010
  2. Larry D'AnnaFeb 25, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2010
  4. Windows: redirect f[re]open("/dev/null") to f[re]open("nul")Johannes Sixt, Feb 25, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2010

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