From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Setup for 1.7 must still handle 9x?
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:35:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080812153516.GR5129@calimero.vinschen.de> (raw)
And the next question.
I have hacked up a version of setup which handles most of the stuff
necessary to install Cygwin 1.7 now. However, it contains changes which
are hard to implemented transparently on 9x. For instance, all local
file access is now using wide char functions which are usually not
available on 9x. The mount table in the registry is not written anymore,
rather only the {HKLM,HKCU}\Software\Cygwin\setup\rootdir value.
Having only one version of setup which supports the old 1.5 install as
well as the new 1.7 install is extremly tricky, IMHO.
Is it worth it at all? Isn't it sufficient to keep the 1.5 installer
on the branch and use it for 9x installations in future only?
Corinna
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Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-12 15:35 Corinna Vinschen [this message]
2008-08-12 18:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-12 20:26 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-12 20:41 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-12 23:11 ` Ralph Hempel
2008-08-13 8:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-13 10:20 ` New Setup for Cygwin 1.7 on cygwin.com Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 8:54 ` Dr. Volker Zell
2008-08-15 10:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 11:21 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 13:13 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 13:17 ` Eric Blake
2008-08-15 13:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 13:38 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 13:46 ` Brian Dessent
2008-08-15 14:00 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 14:16 ` Brian Dessent
2008-08-15 14:22 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 14:04 ` Dave Korn
2008-08-15 14:11 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 14:18 ` Dave Korn
2008-08-16 12:26 ` Dave Korn
2008-08-19 16:39 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-20 1:49 ` Brian Dessent
2008-08-20 2:46 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-20 7:56 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-20 14:40 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-20 14:45 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-20 15:17 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-20 15:24 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-20 16:00 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-20 16:18 ` Charles Wilson
2008-08-20 16:34 ` Brian Dessent
2008-08-20 16:49 ` Charles Wilson
2008-08-20 17:47 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-21 10:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-21 11:09 ` Charles Wilson
2008-08-21 11:19 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-21 15:02 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-21 15:04 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-21 15:13 ` Charles Wilson
2008-08-21 15:19 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-21 15:27 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-22 1:43 ` Eric Blake
2008-08-22 2:07 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-21 15:38 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-21 15:57 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-21 16:45 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-22 1:37 ` Brian Dessent
2008-08-22 7:44 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-22 7:55 ` Brian Dessent
2008-08-22 8:23 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-22 8:59 ` Brian Dessent
2008-08-22 9:08 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-25 10:24 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-25 14:33 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-25 15:28 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-25 15:36 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-25 15:58 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-25 16:14 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-25 17:22 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-27 17:15 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-27 18:36 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-28 7:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-28 14:18 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-28 15:01 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-28 19:05 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-29 8:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-27 19:08 ` Ralph Hempel
2008-08-28 7:42 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-28 12:30 ` Ralph Hempel
2008-08-26 8:18 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-26 12:05 ` Charles Wilson
2008-08-26 12:13 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-22 13:21 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-20 16:36 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-20 15:28 ` Brian Dessent
2008-08-20 16:03 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-15 14:01 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 10:15 ` Dr. Volker Zell
2008-08-15 10:33 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 11:47 ` Dr. Volker Zell
2008-08-15 11:56 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 12:39 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 13:58 ` Dr. Volker Zell
2008-08-15 14:05 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-08-15 19:24 ` Eric Blake
2008-08-15 19:34 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-08-15 19:37 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-08-16 13:38 ` Dave Korn
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