New version of bzip2 uploaded to sourceware

Charles Wilson cwilson@ece.gatech.edu
Wed Jul 12 09:08:00 GMT 2000


Charles Wilson wrote:
> 
> Michael Ring wrote:
> >
> > HINT: There's also a .dll + bzip2-shared.exe included. Funny thing is,
> > that it runs fine with a current snapshot, but stackdunps on an 'old'
> > 1.1.2 installation. Chuck, rest of the world, any ideas ??
> 
> Haven't tested yet, or even downloaded. But, this *might* be related to
> some of the '_impure_ptr unitialized in DLLs' errors that Eric Fifer
> noticed. Chris fixed it (I think) -- are you using a cygwin1.dll newer
> than Jul 8? (See 'Fixed "newer binary won't work with older DLL problem"
> -- please try this' on Jul 8 in cygwin-developers).

Note: you'll need to update libcygwin.a and recompile the bzip package
if this is indeed the problem.

--Chuck


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