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Re: Can git be tweaked to work cross-platform, on FAT32?

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SSStefano Spinucci <virgo977virgo@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2006, 01:36 UTC
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<906f26060612171736pab766b7t15a36d4d3fc7e85f@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/17/06, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> ...
> I am sure that there are more problems with it. BTW the problem stems from
> Windows having _no_ equivalent to fork().
> ...

I recompiled git with NO_MMAP and used it successfully, then I added a note in the wiki page http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/WindowsInstall on how to compile git to work on a FAT32 filesystem.

Now, two questions...

if you are sure that there are more problems with using MMAP, shouldn't NO_MMAP be commented better in the Makefile and in INSTALL, pointing out to use it always on cygwin ???

finally on cygwin there is a precompiled git package (v 1.4.4.1); however, I found if it was compiled *with* MMAP support... should I write to the cygwin-apps list asking for a different compilation (with NO_MMAP), or for the majority of the users the standard compilation is a better choice ???

bye
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  1. Florian v. SavignyDec 13, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 13, 2006
  3. Martin LanghoffDec 14, 2006
  4. Florian v. SavignyDec 16, 2006
  5. Johannes SchindelinDec 16, 2006
  6. Martin LanghoffDec 17, 2006
  7. Stefano SpinucciDec 17, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2006
  9. Juergen RuehleDec 17, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2006
  11. Stefano SpinucciDec 18, 2006
  12. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2006
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  14. Dan NicholsonDec 19, 2006
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