From: Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
To: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@ipass.net>
Cc: Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: New snapshots and old binaries
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 08:59:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990830120113.B2373@cygnus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <NDBBLHPPKKBKPBLLMFJBOEHCCCAA.ssiddiqi@ipass.net>
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 11:45:27AM -0400, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
>> According to Suhaib:
>> ************
>> I do not know about /usr/local, but X11R6 needs a recompilation
>> or you will
>>
>> get a __ctype__ undefined references when linking, uncurses work from
>> B20.1.
>> You can get X11r6.4 for snapshot from my web site at siddiqi.webjump.com.
>> Most of the X11 and motif stuff for cygwin snapshots is available there.
>> Jpeg, tiff
>> and png will need recompilation.
>> ************
>>
>> I guess that signifies a bug in cygwin1.dll?
>
>
>I do not think it is a bug? In B20.1 it was __ctype
>and in recent snapshots, (snapshot starting from mid february 99)
>it became __ctype__
>I do not know what was the reasoning behind chaning __ctype to __ctype__.
>
>Anyway, I had most of the necessary libs recompiled for snapshots
>to avoid __ctype__ issue.
I never claimed that the source hadn't changed or that you wouldn't need
to recompile things with the new headers and libraries that we provide.
It's really really simple. The DLL works with older executables.
libcygwin.a and its associated header files may not be compatible with
older object files.
cgf
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From: Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
To: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@ipass.net>
Cc: Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: New snapshots and old binaries
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:49:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990830120113.B2373@cygnus.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990831234900.S1JffMqO6YM8TU5IXAjFpYvu_yhxnxA7ysZRIbGdRWo@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <NDBBLHPPKKBKPBLLMFJBOEHCCCAA.ssiddiqi@ipass.net>
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 11:45:27AM -0400, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
>> According to Suhaib:
>> ************
>> I do not know about /usr/local, but X11R6 needs a recompilation
>> or you will
>>
>> get a __ctype__ undefined references when linking, uncurses work from
>> B20.1.
>> You can get X11r6.4 for snapshot from my web site at siddiqi.webjump.com.
>> Most of the X11 and motif stuff for cygwin snapshots is available there.
>> Jpeg, tiff
>> and png will need recompilation.
>> ************
>>
>> I guess that signifies a bug in cygwin1.dll?
>
>
>I do not think it is a bug? In B20.1 it was __ctype
>and in recent snapshots, (snapshot starting from mid february 99)
>it became __ctype__
>I do not know what was the reasoning behind chaning __ctype to __ctype__.
>
>Anyway, I had most of the necessary libs recompiled for snapshots
>to avoid __ctype__ issue.
I never claimed that the source hadn't changed or that you wouldn't need
to recompile things with the new headers and libraries that we provide.
It's really really simple. The DLL works with older executables.
libcygwin.a and its associated header files may not be compatible with
older object files.
cgf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-08-30 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-08-29 12:06 Charles S. Wilson
1999-08-30 8:16 ` Chris Faylor
1999-08-30 8:24 ` Charles Wilson
1999-08-30 8:48 ` Suhaib Siddiqi
1999-08-30 8:59 ` Chris Faylor [this message]
1999-08-30 20:42 ` Jon Maltz
1999-08-31 0:43 ` Charles S. Wilson
1999-08-31 7:22 ` Jon Maltz
1999-08-31 7:35 ` Suhaib Siddiqi
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Suhaib Siddiqi
1999-08-31 7:48 ` Mumit Khan
1999-08-31 8:46 ` Jon Maltz
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Jon Maltz
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Mumit Khan
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Jon Maltz
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Charles S. Wilson
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Jon Maltz
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Chris Faylor
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Suhaib Siddiqi
1999-08-30 8:56 ` Chris Faylor
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Chris Faylor
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Charles Wilson
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Chris Faylor
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Charles S. Wilson
1999-08-31 6:05 N8TM
1999-08-31 23:49 ` N8TM
1999-08-31 9:31 Earnie Boyd
1999-08-31 9:49 ` Suhaib Siddiqi
1999-08-31 15:19 ` Chris Faylor
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Chris Faylor
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Suhaib Siddiqi
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Earnie Boyd
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