[Xastir-dev] Cygwin port detect/new stable release

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Jack Twilley wrote:

> Curt> That means to me that if we do a detect using "test -c
> Curt> /dev/ttyS0" we'll run into the same sort of hang on some WinXP
> Curt> boxes as we did with "test -c com1".
>
> Better safe than sorry, but I'm looking forward to that fix.  Did the
> mailing list have any reports of problems like this?

I haven't heard of anybody else with this problem.


> Curt> For that reason I'm going to suggest we stick with the "test -d
> Curt> /dev/registry", even though I don't like that, and put out a new
> Curt> stable release right away.
>
> Okay.  I think you had /proc/registry, but I can't remember.

Yea.  The current CVS is correct.  For now.


> One thing that's annoyed me -- can the maps currently in the top-level
> be put in a directory (named something like "server" or "online") so
> that they can be manipulated with the chooser?

Yea, I've thought about doing that as well.  It'd make things easier
to find, and wouldn't pollute the main directory.  I'll try to do
that, but feel free to beat me to it.

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