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Re: [Bug-wget] [PATCH] Regression since wget 1.10: no_prefix function is
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Giuseppe Scrivano |
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Re: [Bug-wget] [PATCH] Regression since wget 1.10: no_prefix function is *bad* |
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Thu, 16 May 2013 01:47:12 +0200 |
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Tim Rühsen <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi Alex,
>
> yes, it is the _PC_NAME_MAX issue which is only valid for pathconf().
>
> Attached is the little patch to fix it.
>
> Since MinGW is based on gcc-4.6, C99 should be available.
> As the Wiki states (well, the entry is 3 years old...), printf() is the main
> issue. But there may be some other functions that don't behave C99 compliant.
> Sound not like a compiler, but a library issue.
>
> Maybe some functions have to be provided by Wget. If we just had a list of
> issues/functions...
most of these portability problems should be fixed by gnulib. Have you
checked those? I am pretty sure that gnulib provides a POSIX compliant
printf replacement on platforms that lack it.
--
Giuseppe