* cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz
@ 1999-02-28 15:04 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
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1999-02-28 23:02 ` cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz Suhaib M. Siddiqi
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From: Suhaib M. Siddiqi @ 1999-02-28 15:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
I downloaded cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz from the snapshot directory.
The libcygwin.a in the above mentioned archive is 785 KB as opposed to
approx. 1.65 MB in the Original Cygwin-B20.1 distribution!
After installing cygwin-inst-19990222 I started getting some strange EGCS
behavior. It complaint about *undefined _ctype_ external refferences*
Is there something missing in libcygwin.a in Cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz?
Why it is so small in size compare to libcygwin.a in the orginal
Cygwin-b20.1 distribution?
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* Re: cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz
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@ 1999-02-28 20:33 ` Mumit Khan
1999-02-28 23:02 ` cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz Mumit Khan
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From: Mumit Khan @ 1999-02-28 20:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suhaib M. Siddiqi; +Cc: cygwin
"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com> writes:
>
> I downloaded cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz from the snapshot directory.
>
> The libcygwin.a in the above mentioned archive is 785 KB as opposed to
> approx. 1.65 MB in the Original Cygwin-B20.1 distribution!
>
> After installing cygwin-inst-19990222 I started getting some strange EGCS
> behavior. It complaint about *undefined _ctype_ external refferences*
>
> Is there something missing in libcygwin.a in Cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz?
> Why it is so small in size compare to libcygwin.a in the orginal
> Cygwin-b20.1 distribution?
>
The new snapshots have changed the interfaces for certain symbols (ctype
happens to be one of those), and you'll need to rebuild client libraries
such as f77/C++ runtime etc.
I believe that the next release (b21?) is meant to break binary
compatibility (not a bad thing considering the long term benefits), so
it's not a surprise. One of the "good" snapshots that I've used and
that does not break binary compatibility is possibly Jan-16-1997 (or
thereabouts).
Regards,
Mumit
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* cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz
1999-02-28 15:04 cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz Suhaib M. Siddiqi
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@ 1999-02-28 23:02 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
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From: Suhaib M. Siddiqi @ 1999-02-28 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
I downloaded cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz from the snapshot directory.
The libcygwin.a in the above mentioned archive is 785 KB as opposed to
approx. 1.65 MB in the Original Cygwin-B20.1 distribution!
After installing cygwin-inst-19990222 I started getting some strange EGCS
behavior. It complaint about *undefined _ctype_ external refferences*
Is there something missing in libcygwin.a in Cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz?
Why it is so small in size compare to libcygwin.a in the orginal
Cygwin-b20.1 distribution?
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* Re: cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz
1999-02-28 20:33 ` cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz Mumit Khan
@ 1999-02-28 23:02 ` Mumit Khan
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From: Mumit Khan @ 1999-02-28 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suhaib M. Siddiqi; +Cc: cygwin
"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com> writes:
>
> I downloaded cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz from the snapshot directory.
>
> The libcygwin.a in the above mentioned archive is 785 KB as opposed to
> approx. 1.65 MB in the Original Cygwin-B20.1 distribution!
>
> After installing cygwin-inst-19990222 I started getting some strange EGCS
> behavior. It complaint about *undefined _ctype_ external refferences*
>
> Is there something missing in libcygwin.a in Cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz?
> Why it is so small in size compare to libcygwin.a in the orginal
> Cygwin-b20.1 distribution?
>
The new snapshots have changed the interfaces for certain symbols (ctype
happens to be one of those), and you'll need to rebuild client libraries
such as f77/C++ runtime etc.
I believe that the next release (b21?) is meant to break binary
compatibility (not a bad thing considering the long term benefits), so
it's not a surprise. One of the "good" snapshots that I've used and
that does not break binary compatibility is possibly Jan-16-1997 (or
thereabouts).
Regards,
Mumit
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