I'm pretty sure mingw-w64 is going for more with windows compatibility than POSIX compatibility, so having functions like that wouldn't be in line with the project where as cygwin is the project that allows you to use full POSIX implementation within windows in a specific environment, things like posix symlinks etc.
On Mon., Sep. 6, 2021, 7:40 a.m. Glenn Burkhardt, <[email protected]> wrote: > "Use Cygwin if you need symlink support" > > Really, why would I be interested in using Cygwin when I have my own > implementations of these functions for MinGW? > > On 9/5/2021, 9:53 PM, JonY wrote: > > Use Cygwin if you need symlink support, mingw-w64 isn't the place to > introduce new API implementations. > > > On 9/5/2021 8:58 AM, Glenn Burkhardt wrote: > > > I don't know if those functions are available from Cygwin. But they > > are not in MinGW-w64. I don't care how they get to MinGW-w64, it > > would be convenient to have them. > > > > And why do you bring up Cygwin? This is the MinGW-w64 mailing list, > > right? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
