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Re: RFC: linux compatibility
- To: tiberius at braemarinc dot com
- Subject: Re: RFC: linux compatibility
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:06:31 -0400
- CC: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <000a01c03791$b2fd8a80$1d01a8c0@BRAEMARINC.COM>
> What are the existing applications expecting?
timezone in cygwin1.dll is "char *timezone();"
timezone in linux is "extern int timezone;"
> One or the other, right? The one that isn't there yet gets the
> #define treatment.
So what you're saying is that we can *never* migrate to the new
definition? And that *all* applications that use "timezone" *must*
include one of our headers, even though plenty of existing sources
*assume* "extern int timezone;" without including any headers?
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