On 29/06/2013 8:38 PM, Branko Čibej wrote:
> On 29.06.2013 10:09, NormW wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> Pardon for the noise.
>> I could build all .c executables in 1.7.x (<=.10) but find the 1.8.0
>> series has mmap(), which my now 'dated' OS does not have. Two files
>> have the function, namely:
>
> Let me guess ... Windows 95? (Or "98" or "Me" or whatever they wanted to
> call it)
No... A bit further upmarket, in the server category, NetWare, but I'm
old enough to have used both. Presently "learning" with 1.7.10 on NW6.5.
>> libsvn_diff\diff_file.c,
>> libsvn_subr\named_atomic.c
>>
>> The former is guarded by an #if !APR_HAS_MMAP substitute, while the
>> second file does not; the question then 'is there (likely to be) a
>> suitable alternate to use of mmap in named_atomic.c in the foreseeable
>> future?' or have I arrived at the end of the branch?
>
> Looks like it could be fixed, as the code does have an explicit check
> for named atomic support; it just doesn't use the APR_HAS_MMAP flag as
> well. Can you try the attached patch?
Thanks for a _very_ quick reply and will certainly give it a go in the
morning! (10pm and fuzzy vision are not conducive to useful computing.)
> -- Brane
Thx!
Norm
Received on 2013-06-29 13:55:20 CEST