From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4782 invoked by alias); 2 Jun 2011 05:02:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 2651 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Jun 2011 05:01:38 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,MISSING_MID,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: Charles Wilson Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:02:00 -0000 Subject: Updated: mingw-runtime-3.18-3 To: cygwin-announce@cygwin.com Mailing-List: contact cygwin-announce-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-announce-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin Mailing List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-announce@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-06/txt/msg00001.txt.bz2 Message-ID: <20110602050200.eMWt7V3goXlw1uZ_llfmUVlpB0uYKZUAmpjgq5GYgvQ@z> The mingw-runtime package provides public domain implementations of header files, import libraries, and other support for the MSVCRT C Runtime Library. It also provides several extension libraries that (optionally) override certain MSVCRT functions for better standards compliance. These headers and libraries are used by the MinGW cross toolchain, as well as by the (deprecated) gcc3 compiler in its -mno-cygwin mode. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! WARNING !!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF you are attempting to update an existing cygwin installation, which has the gcc-mingw 'add-on' packages installed (*), then you MUST upgrade the gcc-mingw packages to version 20050522-3 or newer, before installing this upgrade. Do NOT attempt to upgrade BOTH gcc-mingw and this package during the same setup.exe event. The reason for this restriction is fairly complex, and is detailed here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2011-04/msg00015.html If you are reading this announcement AFTER having messed up your cygwin installation, because you didn't follow these instructions or didn't know about them, then see the section in this message http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2011-04/msg00015.html that begins with "HELP!!!" and follow the suggestions there to "fix" it. (*) gcc-mingw packages are "add-ons" to the gcc-3 compiler suite, and provide the necessary files for the -mno-cygwin mode of that compiler. Ideally, this package and the accompanying i686-pc-mingw32 cross compiler will supplant the old 'gcc-3 -mno-cygwin' mode. ************** *** NOTE 1 *** ************** If, in the month since the updated gcc-mingw packages were released, you have "fixed" your 'gcc-3 -mno-cygwin' by following the CHOICE ONE procedure described in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2011-04/msg00015.html then you will need to "undo" that fix after installing this package. To do so, simply re-install the gcc-mingw-core-20050522-3 package. ************** *** NOTE 2 *** ************** If you have installed the "missing" mingw cross compiler packages from http://cygutils.fruitbat.org/ITP/mingw-gcc/ then you need take no special action. This package will simply upgrade the cygutils.fruitbat.org one. ************** *** NOTE 3 *** ************** After upgrading all of the various mingw-packages (that is, mingw-{runtime,zlib,bzip2,xz,gpg-error,gcrypt} etc.), the following directories may be empty: /usr/include/mingw /usr/lib/mingw This is expected. Those 'gcc-3 -mno-cygwin' users who wish to continue rather than switching to the new MinGW cross compiler, may find it necessary to add -I/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include when compiling and -L/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib when linking. However, another workaround for gcc-3 users is to remove the now empty /usr/{include,lib}/mingw directories and replace them with symbolic links: rmdir /usr/include/mingw ln -fs /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include /usr/include/mingw rmdir /usr/lib/mingw ln -fs /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib /usr/lib/mingw CHANGES SINCE 3.17-1 -------------------- * Compiled by and for the i686-pc-mingw32 toolchain. Installs into /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/{lib,include} rather than /usr/{lib,include}/mingw. -- Charles Wilson NOTE: Chris Sutcliff is still the mingw-runtime maintainer, but has graciously consented to allow this update during the MinGW cross compiler transition phase. Future mingw-runtime updates will be published by Chris, once our cross-compiler teething issues have settled down. ==================================================================== To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. 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