From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6085 invoked by alias); 9 Sep 2003 20:37:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 6073 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2003 20:37:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO alphatech.com) (198.112.236.6) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 9 Sep 2003 20:37:42 -0000 Received: from WINSTEINGOLDLAP (winsteingoldlap-dock.alphatech.com [10.0.19.22]) by alphatech.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/check_local-4.4) with ESMTP id h89KbfE18334 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:37:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Filter: check_local@alphatech.com 4.4(020923:1754) http://digitalanswers.org/ To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: package _version_ check References: Reply-To: sds@gnu.org X-Attribution: Sam X-Disclaimer: You should not expect anyone to agree with me. Mail-Copies-To: never From: Sam Steingold In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 20:37:00 -0000 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-SW-Source: 2003-09/txt/msg00600.txt.bz2 >* Igor Pechtchanski [2003-09-09 15:25:51 -0400]: > > On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Sam Steingold wrote: > > > shouldn't setup.exe refuse to install 1.5.3 unless all packages that > > use 1.3 are also upgraded? like RPM and apt-get at al do?! > > I think you got it backwards. Cygwin 1.5 will run pre-1.5 programs > with no problems. It's when you get a program compiled for 1.5 with > an older DLL (e.g., 1.3.22) that you have a problem. huh?! now I am thoroughly confused. thanks. :-) I thought that binary (in)compatibility went both ways: if you build against the old dll, you cannot run against the new one. PS please do not CC me. I read all lists to which I post. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k It's not just a language, it's an adventure. Common Lisp. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/