Update mingw-w64 headers

Update mingw-w64 headers

[Biswapriyo Nath]

The C header files are way behind the current mingw-w64 repository. Can you
update that package in cygwin?

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Re: Update mingw-w64 headers

[Brian Inglis]

On 2019-10-28 11:20, Biswapriyo Nath wrote:
> The C header files are way behind the current mingw-w64 repository. Can you
> update that package in cygwin?

http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php/download is outdated: Cygwin was updated at the
start of this year to the current mingw64 version 6:

https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=mingw64-.*-headers.*6&arch=x86_64

$ l -ghlo noarch/release/mingw64-*-headers/mingw64-*-headers-6*
-rw-r--r-- 1 4.7M Jan  6  2019
noarch/release/mingw64-i686-headers/mingw64-i686-headers-6.0.0-1.tar.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 4.7M Jan  6  2019
noarch/release/mingw64-x86_64-headers/mingw64-x86_64-headers-6.0.0-1.tar.xz

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Re: Update mingw-w64 headers

[Biswapriyo Nath]

I did not mean the release page [1]. I mean the cygwin headers is older
than the current mingw-w64 git repository [2]. The latest tag is v6.0.0.
[3]

Wait, did you mean there should be a new "stable" tag or release in
mingw-w64 so that cygwin can import it?

[1]: http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php/download
[2]: https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/mingw-w64/ci/master/tree/
[3]: https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/mingw-w64/ref/master/tags/

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Re: Update mingw-w64 headers

[Brian Inglis]

On 2019-10-28 22:48, Biswapriyo Nath wrote:
> I did not mean the release page [1]. I mean the cygwin headers is older
> than the current mingw-w64 git repository [2]. The latest tag is v6.0.0.
> [3]
> 
> Wait, did you mean there should be a new "stable" tag or release in
> mingw-w64 so that cygwin can import it?
> 
> [1]: http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php/download
> [2]: https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/mingw-w64/ci/master/tree/
> [3]: https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/mingw-w64/ref/master/tags/

Did you read what I posted or check the content at the links?

Mingw64 release is 6.0.0 and so are Cygwin packages mingw64-*86-headers!

Mingw64 6 was released at the end of last year and Cygwin packages were updated
to 6 at the start of this year.

Where is the discrepancy between Mingw64 and Cygwin headers?

The Mingw64 master/HEAD/tip may not be identical to current Cygwin, as Cygwin
tracks stable package release sources, but will sometimes cherry pick CVE fixes
to patch between releases.

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