Re: Yes, I know ... must wait your message

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Dec  1 16:52, Houder wrote:
> On 2018-12-01 16:05, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Dec  1 15:31, Houder wrote:
> > > Hi Corinna,
> > > 
> > > Hard work pays off ... (you did it again).
> > > 
> > > 64 LANG = en_US.utf-8, LC_ALL =
> > > => LANG = en_US.utf-8
> > > PATH (64) = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/drv/c/...
> > > LET OP: v2.12.0 of cygwin1.dll
> > > /ext/build/mknetrel/src/cygwin-snapshot-20181201-1/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.cc
> > > 64-%% uname -a
> > > CYGWIN_NT-6.1 Seven 2.12.0(0.330/5/3)  x86_64 Cygwin
> > 
> > Hmm, ok.  First I thought this is a problem with the new clock, but in
> > fact the timestamp is generated at build time and I'm building on Linux.
> > 
> > I can't reproduce this with a local build, so it must be something
> > in terms of the DLL being build for a snapshot DLL, hmm...
> 
> Huh?
> 
> Hi Corinna,
> 
> I had to get out in a hurry ... so I did not see your reply to my clumsy
> message ...
> 
> I was studying the text of your latest commit ... and thought: "Well, if
> that is the case ..."
> 
> I changed over to the "snapshot page" and it changed in front of my eyes.
> 
> So, in a hurry I downloaded the tarball,  replaced the cygwin1.dll in my
> test setup and posted my finding ...
> 
> Sorry. I wanted you to know that it worked on W7 ...
> 
> No problems yet ...
> 
> Henri
> 
> P.S. are you referring to string? (plural). That is me! (.bash_profile)

I'm referring to the missing date in uname -a (aka uname -v).
Apparently this is a long-standing problem (2.5 yrs) in the script
creating the version information when building a snapshot.  I uploaded
YA snapshot to https://cygwin.com/snapshots/ which should be back to a
valid date info.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer

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