From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 128816 invoked by alias); 4 Mar 2019 13:11:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 128736 invoked by uid 89); 4 Mar 2019 13:11:44 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=2200, H*M:1c69fb81, H*M:google X-HELO: mail-oi1-f175.google.com Received: from mail-oi1-f175.google.com (HELO mail-oi1-f175.google.com) (209.85.167.175) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:11:43 +0000 Received: by mail-oi1-f175.google.com with SMTP id q81so3771214oic.5 for ; Mon, 04 Mar 2019 05:11:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:references:user-agent; bh=hAouSDwP1fnUDA/l7R9hCkOWZiccoh3B8qDQNbI3soI=; b=vLUl51vNhRWB5x6SY2bkmRKp86sJcDexEqdhuZiRRTreD0YV5AIf6niupN7Ob47kqv mHTqTf2Mc+hNA/0A2DrUTM9vG3C+1uznfcc1luJh/OVanKdiE+gVxXMV/hxjwW9Vie2n CE+OLRzSvrGxJUa5vuEZS7SF4got3fcO27dS/Y8GYWthqW1Th3JAjBN2CTbKfMKIEPv+ yE6LkIo+xjnNXUriet0uk1R49GaWn7RDz3oXdHq6qKAySHyCHrA8RYLN1wKIF9SkU3Ik zlsM76iV80Oru1EAgLAl1YgnTzEzdVJs/fvczhqLMGchxDUUas6tURl3eMf0a+A+1ip+ NTqQ== Return-Path: Received: from glQ ([2605:6000:9fc0:56:2199:655:be99:2224]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h138sm2544961oic.8.2019.03.04.05.11.39 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 04 Mar 2019 05:11:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5c7d240c.1c69fb81.fdbe4.f90f@mx.google.com> Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:11:00 -0000 From: Steven Penny To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin-3 and the Bleeding Edge References: <152XcDme12976Set.1551701152@web13.cms.usa.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.8.0 (cup.github.io/umber/tryst) X-SW-Source: 2019-03/txt/msg00030.txt.bz2 On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 06:05:52, "KARL BOTTS" wrote: > But now and then I need to upgrade a specific package outside of my full > cygwin update cycle. E.g., right now I would like to upgrade just git. > > So: Assume for the moment that the latest git package release on the mirrors, > has been built against cygwin-3 base. Am I reasonably safe to assume it will > still work with cygwin-2.11.2? Does this generalize to all, or at least most, > other packages? that is not the best example as the current Cygwin Git is version 2.17.0 (Apr 2018) and 4 minor versions have dropped since then: - 2.18.0 - 2.19.0 - 2.20.0 - 2.21.0 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple