Cygwin uses fork() it should not be a problem for Cygwin port.
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Mai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 3:14 PM
> To: LessTif Mailing List
> Subject: Re: OS2, Cygwin : Xm-2.1/Print.c system dependencies
>
>
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:01:37 +0100, Danny Backx wrote:
>
> >I've been forced by Xp to create some system dependencies in
> >Xm-2.1/Print.c . The need for them is documented in the source.
> >In summary :
> >- the Xp call for print-to-file requires a separate process
> > according to the Xp docs, so I needed to fork.
> >- child and parent processes need some synchronisation,
> > and because I already had a UNIX dependency with the fork,
> > I decided to add pipe to it.
> >
> >OS/2 and Cygwin port will be necessary.
> >Does anyone have the skill to do so ?
> >
> >It's fairly standard stuff, involving two processes that
> >talk to eachother a bit.
> >
>
> Well, the OS/2 version definitly won't use fork().
> There is some support for fork() within the development
> environment which I use (EMX), but to make it work I would have
> to put so many restrictions on that build that in turn much
> would break than I would gain ...
>
> Given I'll once be convinced that I have a working libXp
> on my system I might try to look for a workaround.
>
>
> Any non-un*x volunteers on that job (cygwin, etc.) should have a look
> at the #define UNIXLIKE within Print.c. Is this sufficient to
> replace the
> #ifdef unix
> later in the code
> by
> #if defined(unix) || define(UNIXLIKE)
>
> ?
>
>
> ---
> Alexander Mai
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