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Re: [PATCH] Define _TIMEVAL_DEFINED consistently whenever defining timeval.
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:04:59 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Define _TIMEVAL_DEFINED consistently whenever defining timeval.
- References: <4AADAF9C.2000601@gmail.com> <4AAECB58.2030401@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 07:01:44PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote:
>Dave Korn wrote:
>> Granted that the whole _TIMEVAL_DEFINED/__USE_W32_SOCKETS thing is basically
>> an ugly and undesirable hack, but until we have a plan to fix the whole
>> tcl/tk/expect/dejagnu/gdb/insight combo (as well as gnat), I figure we have to
>> live with it, and so it should at least be correct consistent and complete.
>
>From this thread:
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-08/msg00089.html
>I thought most people either were in favor of, or at least not opposed
>to, "fixing" the */tk/*/insight issue by switching to an X-based tk. It
>was just waiting on enough cgf-tuits (and, perhaps, the long-delayed gdb
>7.0 release and/or Insight 7.0).
I did get tcl and (I think) tk building but then found that insight
needed other libraries too.
I'm really thinking that insight should be retired. I know the maintainer
pretty well and he's not extremely keen on keeping it its current
state.
But this really isn't a discussion for cygwin-patches.
cgf