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Re: [PATCH] Make git-clean a builtin

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Oct 8, 2007, 18:27 UTC
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<alpine.LFD.0.999.0710081126340.4964@woody.linux-foundation.org>
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On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> Jeff King schrieb:
> > On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 07:17:50PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > > fchdir() is not portable.
> > 
> > I was using the "even Solaris has it!" test, but yes, it's not POSIX. I
> > don't know how common it actually is (for curiosity's sake, do you know
> > of a common platform that lacks it?).
> 
> Windows. ;)

Not just windows. Almost no "older" Unix has it. Including older versions of Linux.

		Linus
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Message 9 of 9 in “Make git-clean a builtin”
  1. Make git-clean a builtinShawn Bohrer, Oct 6, 2007
  2. Frank LichtenheldOct 6, 2007
  3. Shawn BohrerOct 7, 2007
  4. Jeff KingOct 8, 2007
  5. Jeff KingOct 8, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsOct 8, 2007
  7. Jeff KingOct 8, 2007
  8. Johannes SixtOct 8, 2007
  9. Linus TorvaldsOct 8, 2007

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