Re: [PATCH 1/2] MinGW: Use pid_t more consequently, introduce uid_t for greater compatibility
- From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Dec 31, 2009, 14:20 UTC
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- <alpine.DEB.1.00.0912311518560.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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- <alpine.DEB.1.00.0912311511350.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
Hi,
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Thu, 31 Dec 2009, Johannes Sixt wrote: > > > Sebastian Schuberth schrieb: > > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 22:09, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > MinGW: Use pid_t more consequently, introduce uid_t for greater > > > > > compatibility > > > > Why this? Compatibility with what? What's the problem with the > > > > status quo? > > > > > > I wanted to include Hany's Dos2Unix tool (hd2u) into msysGit. > > > > We have dos2unix. What's wrong with it? > > hd2u can handle mixed line endings, and it has a dry run mode IIUC.
Having said that, I strongly feel this issue is over-discussed. We'll just carry the necessary patches in 4msysgit.git and you can do what you want.
Ciao, Dscho