Re: First cut at git port to Cygwin

From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: 2005-10-11 04:43:47
Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> PROT_WRITE is true, but we do MAP_PRIVATE, and if I recall
> correctly we do not write file via mmap -- at least we do not
> intend to.
> 

Then PROT_READ probably makes more sense?

> 
> Yes.  It might have been overkill that you supported writing
> changes back, though.

Not just overkill; if we do MAP_PRIVATE it's actively WRONG.

	-hpa
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