> Another issue you might be interested in is that of Unix
> domain sockets.
> I understand that they now exist in Cygwin, so you might want
> to refine
> this snippet in src/include/config.h[.in]:
>
> /*
> * Define this if your operating system supports AF_UNIX
> family sockets.
> */
> #if !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(__QNX__) && !defined(__BEOS__)
> # define HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS 1
> #endif
I tried AF_UNIX sockets with Cygwin few months ago. The code have
compiled OK but was not working. The special file in Cygwin that
represents the socket was somehow corrupted (there was no <!socket>
string). But with latest Cygwin release can be the situation better.
Dan