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Re: [PATCH] config.mak.uname: enable OPEN_RETURNS_EINTR for macOS Big Sur

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 4, 2021, 00:47 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> Thanks. I guess we're a bit late to make it into the upcoming release.
> Certainly we have survived for many years without this particular
> bugfix, so in that sense it is not urgent. But I do wonder if we will
> see more reports as more people start using the new macOS release. So it
> might be good to keep in mind for maint, if we cut a minor release.
>
> Or alternatively, we could include _just_ the first patch. That's low
> risk, since you have to enable to knob yourself, but it gives people an
> option if they run into the symptom. But even that is probably not that
> urgent. People can also cherry-pick the patch, after all (and a
> distributor like homebrew can probably include the patch in their recipe
> if need be).

True. The topic is forked at somewhere mergeable to 'maint' so distro folks who are interested can merge them down later. I think it is small and safe enough to merge them both down to the upcoming release, though.

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Message 11 of 15 in “wrapper: add workaround for open() returning EINTR”
  1. wrapper: add workaround for open() returning EINTRJeff King, Feb 24, 2021
  2. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2021
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2021
  4. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2021
  5. Makefile: add OPEN_RETURNS_EINTR knobJeff King, Feb 26, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2021
  7. config.mak.uname: enable OPEN_RETURNS_EINTR for macOS Big SurJeff King, Mar 1, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2021
  10. Jeff KingMar 3, 2021
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2021
  12. Taylor BlauFeb 24, 2021
  13. Johannes SixtFeb 24, 2021
  14. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2021
  15. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2021

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