Re: [PATCH 0/3] FAQ api, programming, timezone, setup patches

2020-08-25 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2020-08-25 05:04, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Hi Brian, > > On Aug 24 14:10, Brian Inglis wrote: >> winsup/doc/faq-api.xml,faq-programming.xml: change Win32 to Windows > > Didn't we agree on WinAPI? Windows is fine when used in the context of > the OS, but Win32 was mainly used to denote the

[PATCH v2 3/3] winsup/doc/faq-api.xml(faq.api.timezone): explain time zone updates

2020-08-25 Thread Brian Inglis
based on material from t...@iana.org mailing list sources --- winsup/doc/faq-api.xml | 29 + 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-api.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-api.xml index 829e4d7febd8..365e301555a5 100644 ---

[PATCH v2 0/3] FAQ setup, using, programming, api, timezone, patches

2020-08-25 Thread Brian Inglis
FAQ updates from suggestions made in various posts Brian Inglis (3): winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml,faq-using.xml: update setup FAQ winsup/doc/faq-api.xml,-programming.xml: change Win32 to Windows or Windows API winsup/doc/faq-api.xml(faq.api.timezone): explain time zone updates

[PATCH v2 2/3] winsup/doc/faq-api.xml, -programming.xml: change Win32 to Windows/API

2020-08-25 Thread Brian Inglis
--- winsup/doc/faq-api.xml | 10 +- winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 20 ++-- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-api.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-api.xml index 313f15d37c4d..829e4d7febd8 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-api.xml +++

[PATCH v2 1/3] winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml, faq-using.xml: update setup FAQ

2020-08-25 Thread Brian Inglis
change all kinds of setup references to "the Cygwin Setup program"; emphasize 64 bit and deemphasize 32 bit; update options list; explain why installing everything is now extremely inadvisable, with stats --- winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 229 ++-

Re: [PATCH 0/3] FAQ api, programming, timezone, setup patches

2020-08-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi Brian, On Aug 24 14:10, Brian Inglis wrote: > winsup/doc/faq-api.xml,faq-programming.xml: change Win32 to Windows Didn't we agree on WinAPI? Windows is fine when used in the context of the OS, but Win32 was mainly used to denote the API. So "Windows API" or, better, WinAPI, should be used

Re: [PATCH] Cygwin: malloc tune-up

2020-08-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi Mark, On Aug 25 00:29, Mark Geisert wrote: > Hi Corinna, > Well, this patch turned out to be half-baked. Locking is working correctly > because USE_LOCKS was set to 1 for malloc.cc's compilation. The torture > test I run validated that. OTOH as you said, MSPACES was set 1 for > malloc.cc

Re: [PATCH] Cygwin: malloc tune-up

2020-08-25 Thread Mark Geisert
Hi Corinna, Well, this patch turned out to be half-baked. Locking is working correctly because USE_LOCKS was set to 1 for malloc.cc's compilation. The torture test I run validated that. OTOH as you said, MSPACES was set 1 for malloc.cc but 0 for malloc_wrapper.cc. So this patch yields a