From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4294 invoked by alias); 12 Oct 2008 12:29:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 4283 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Oct 2008 12:29:56 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from csmtp1.one.com (HELO csmtp1.b-one.net) (195.47.247.21) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:28:59 +0000 Received: from ThoNi (213-66-150-203-no78.tbcn.telia.com [213.66.150.203]) by csmtp1.b-one.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DE8F980061C for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:28:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <754D07E9E35F49B88470B2E35FF90235@junovagen.se> From: "Thomas Nilsson" To: References: <75CAEFC6EE304D779E19AB4730B3A1F5@junovagen.se> <70446058925944E4A3190E001F310795@junovagen.se> <48F1E490.4F00F242@dessent.net> Subject: Re: Setup 2.573.2.3 says GDB 6.8-2 but installs 6.8-0 Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:29:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed"; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type="original" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2008-10/txt/msg00032.txt.bz2 ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ----- Från: "Brian Dessent" Till: Skickat: den 12 oktober 2008 13:50 Ämne: Re: Setup 2.573.2.3 says GDB 6.8-2 but installs 6.8-0 > Thomas Nilsson wrote: > >> In fact, the package is named gdb-6.8-2.tar.bz2 but >> when untar'ed displays binaries from 6.8.0. > > The final number after the dash is the revision > number of the packaging, > not part of the program's version number, so you > should interpret 6.8-2 > as "the second incarnation of the 6.8 package", and > it indeed does > contain gdb 6.8. > > Brian Thanks for that explanation! I misinterpreted this announcement (http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-04/msg00166.html) but reading it more closely now I see that fork support was introduced for some environments already in 6.5. So I suppose I was getting my hopes up to high for fork support on cygwin. Sorry for the trouble. /Thomas -- Jag använder gratisversionen av SPAMfighter för privata användare. 3441 spam har blivit blockerade hittills. Betalande användare har inte detta meddelande i sin e-post. Hämta gratis SPAMfighter här: http://www.spamfighter.com/lsv