Junio C Hamano, Sun, Nov 18, 2007 01:42:11 +0100: > Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > This change again originates from the MinGW port. Since we don't > > have fork(2) on Windows, we must run the sideband demultiplexer > > in a thread. > > If the rationale was "running in a thread is more natural on the > platform", I would understand it. > > But "_must_ run because there is no fork(2)" solicits a "Huh? > How does Cygwin does it then?" from me. > You wont believe it: they start the currently running program again and copy parents memory over into the child. Sometimes it fails. If you want something scary: http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/cygwin/fork.cc?rev=1.193&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
