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   J.O. Aho to Paul Edwards   
   Re: O_TEXT for PDOS/386   
   21 Feb 24 08:06:52   
   
   From: user@example.net   
      
   On 20/02/2024 22.40, Paul Edwards wrote:   
   > On 21/02/24 03:34, Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:51:15 +0800, Paul Edwards wrote:   
      
   >> [snip]   
   >>> And it is not important to maintain the same value   
   >>> as Cygwin, because Cygwin creates PE executables,   
   >>> while mine is for ELF executables.   
   >>   
   >> Are you just trying to keep your Linux source   
   >> source-compatible with your (Cygwin-based) Windows   
   >> source? Or are you actually looking for the functionality   
   >> behind the O_TEXT flag?   
   >   
   > The latter. Functionality on PDOS/386, not Linux.   
      
   Think you need to look into the windows source code, as open() already   
   exists in windows and those cygwin don't need to reimplement that, it   
   only provides things that do not exists in windows but is part of POSIX.   
      
   > And not Linux source. Linux binaries.   
      
   Cygwin is not:   
      
   - a way to run native Linux apps on Windows. You must rebuild your   
   application from source if you want it to run on Windows.   
      
      
   If you want to make changes to POSIX API, you need to start contacting   
   Austin Group, with time changes will appear in Linux. I doubt you would   
   have more luck with the Austin Group than convincing Linus to add a   
   patch to add something that Linux don't need.   
      
   --   
     //Aho   
      
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