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From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.5.0-0.8
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:55:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56FBD3FA.80909@cornell.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160330125151.GK3793@calimero.vinschen.de>

On 3/30/2016 8:51 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Mar 22 08:32, Ken Brown wrote:
>> On 3/22/2016 5:30 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> On Mar 21 10:13, Ken Brown wrote:
>>>> On 3/21/2016 9:06 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>> Hi Ken,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 21 08:05, Ken Brown wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/20/2016 4:24 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2016-03-20 12:29, Ken Brown wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Never mind.  I just sent a report to bug-gnulib, so you can follow up
>>>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2016-03/msg00054.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please check what I wrote in response to Paul and correct any mistakes I
>>>>>>>> might have made.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Treating Cygwin just like glibc should generally be the solution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem is now fixed in upstream Gnulib.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just read the thread and it occured to me that this doesn't only
>>>>> affect Cygwin, but all systems using newlib starting with the next
>>>>> version of newlib.
>>>>>
>>>>> That reminds me that we have to bump newlib's version about now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would you mind to follow up with that problem on bug-gnulib?  The test
>>>>> should probably look like this, more or less:
>>>>>
>>>>> #!((defined __GLIBC__ \
>>>>>      || (defined __NEWLIB__ \
>>>>>      && ((__NEWLIB__ == 2 && __NEWLIB_MINOR__ >= 4) || __NEWLIB__ >= 3))) \
>>>>>   && !defined __UCLIBC__)
>>>>>
>>>>> As for the actual version number to test I have to talk to Jeff if we
>>>>> can change the version to 2.4 or at least 2.3.1.  2.4 would simplify the
>>>>> test in gnulib, otherwise the test gets a bit more complicated.
>>>>
>>>> Sure, I'll follow up on bug-gnulib as soon as you settle on the version
>>>> number.
>>>
>>> Thank you.  From the thread I take it the version number isn't that
>>> important anymore?
>>
>> That's right.
>
> FYI, we bumped newlib to 2.4.0 anyway.

OK, good to know.  I've agreed to look through the gnulib sources for 
other places where 'defined __CYGWIN__' should be replaced by 'defined 
__NEWLIB__', so the version check may turn out to be needed.

Ken

  reply	other threads:[~2016-03-30 13:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <announce.20160318203409.GA11113@calimero.vinschen.de>
     [not found] ` <56EC6BDA.7050505@cornell.edu>
2016-03-18 21:45   ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-18 22:25     ` Ken Brown
2016-03-18 22:40       ` Ken Brown
2016-03-18 23:05       ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2016-03-18 23:29         ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2016-03-19  2:24           ` Ken Brown
2016-03-19 10:32             ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-19 12:34               ` Ken Brown
2016-03-19 18:03                 ` Ken Brown
2016-03-20 15:26                   ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-20 19:27                     ` Ken Brown
2016-03-20 19:40                       ` Ken Brown
2016-03-20 20:18                       ` Ken Brown
2016-03-20 20:47                       ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2016-03-21 14:13                         ` Ken Brown
2016-03-21 16:30                           ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-21 17:59                             ` Ken Brown
2016-03-22 11:15                               ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-22 14:59                                 ` Ken Brown
2016-03-30 21:17                                   ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-31 11:55                                     ` Ken Brown [this message]
2016-03-20  4:50               ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2016-03-20 15:18                 ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-20 10:59     ` Achim Gratz
2016-03-20 11:14       ` Marco Atzeri
2016-03-20 15:25       ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-20 19:27         ` Achim Gratz
2016-03-20 20:53           ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-20 21:30             ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-03-20 20:24         ` Achim Gratz
2016-03-20 20:45           ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2016-03-22  9:31             ` Achim Gratz
2016-03-25  9:00             ` Dodgy functions (was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.5.0-0.8) Achim Gratz
2016-03-26  0:16               ` Dodgy functions Achim Gratz
2016-03-26 19:41                 ` Dodgy functions (finitel, strold) Achim Gratz
2016-03-29 16:09                   ` Doug Henderson
2016-03-29 16:09                     ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-04-01 19:04                     ` Achim Gratz
2016-03-22 17:43     ` [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.5.0-0.8 Chris Sutcliffe
2016-03-22 18:02       ` Corinna Vinschen

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