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would like to break sys_select's dependency on sys_socket


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: would like to break sys_select's dependency on sys_socket
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:32:25 -0700
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I am planning to make some changes to GNU Emacs which the
gnulib sys_select module would be helpful for.  But sys_select
depends on sys_socket, and that drags in some stuff
like m4/sockpfaf.m4 and m4/sys_uio_h.m4 that I'd rather
avoid.  Any objection if I remove this dependency?  It appears
that it's needed only because of native Windows platforms, and
applications that use gnulib shouldn't have to do extra work
just to support Windows.  Emacs uses a completely different
strategy for Windows, so the Windows stuff is not needed for
Emacs.

By the way, one of the things I'm planning to do is to add
a module for emulating the pselect system call on platforms
that lack it (that's why I need sys_select).



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