musl - Re: Advocating musl to in windows subsystem and OS X

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:11:03 +0000
From: John Starks <John.Starks@...rosoft.com>
To: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
CC: "musl@...ts.openwall.com" <musl@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: Advocating musl to in windows subsystem and OS X

> From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
> 
> Thanks. Can you fill us in on if WSL1 is still a thing that's supported/in-use? If
> so is there any chance we could get some action on
> https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithu
> b.com%2Fmicrosoft%2FWSL%2Fissues%2F830&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJohn.
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> rved=0 ?

WSL1 is still supported, and we'll continue to ensure commonly used software works. There may be some compatibility issues whose fixes are too expensive/difficult, but I don't immediately see why this is such an issue. Let me see what's holding up a fix.

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