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Re: [PATCH 1/2] MinGW: Use pid_t more consequently, introduce uid_t for greater compatibility

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Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 30, 2009, 00:49 UTC
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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. h2du depends on libpopt, and either of the two requires the uid_t type, I do not recall which. And while adding the missing uid_t, I felt it would be right to actually use uid_t / pid_t in the function prototypes.

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  3. Sebastian SchuberthDec 30, 2009
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  5. Sebastian SchuberthDec 30, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 30, 2009
  7. Johannes SixtDec 31, 2009
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  9. Sebastian SchuberthDec 31, 2009
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