Switch to Unix.create_process for auxiliaries
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- Dominant language
- OCaml
- Stars
- 115
- Forks
- 34
- PR merge metrics
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Description
Historically, flexlink eschews using the Unix library, but this is daft - we're going through ridiculous contortions to work around command line length limits, and falling back to bash has become ever more brittle.
Motivated by the issue reported on Discuss
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at flexlink's auxiliary-process handling and compare the existing bash fallback and command-line workarounds with Unix.create_process. Done means auxiliary commands run without those workarounds, including on Windows; the issue provides no file or test path, so locate the relevant entry point first.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ocaml, shell
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100