Updated: Cygwin DLL 1.1.2/ `_G_config.h'

Jerome Benoit JGMBenoit@Wanadoo.fr
Sun Jun 11 00:30:00 GMT 2000


Bonjour:

Where is `_G_config.h' now ?

I have `ln -s' to the obsolete one and I can compile without apparent
trouble,
but this is an ad hoc solution.

I hope this helps,
Jerome 

Chris Faylor wrote:
> 
> I've updated the version of the cygwin DLL in cygwin/latest to 1.1.2.
> 
> A partial, unordered list of what's changed is below.  If anyone who has
> submitted changes that are not mentioned below wants to chime in, please
> feel free.
> 
> To update your installation, CREATE AN EMPTY DIRECTORY, cd to it, and
> download the latest version of setup.exe from the cygwin/latest
> directory at a cygwin mirror site near you.  Then type:
> 
> setup cygwin
> 
> Answer the questions as you did when you first installed cygwin.  This
> procedure should only update the cygwin package.
> 
> Note that if you use the "cygwin -u" syntax, you will not be able to
> upgrade the DLL to 1.1.2 if you have previously downloaded a snapshot.
> This is due to the fact that the snapshot versions were already
> 1.1.2.
> 
> Using "setup cygwin" will force a new copy of cygwin to be downloaded and
> installed, as long as you do this IN AN EMPTY DIRECTORY.
> 
> Christopher Faylor
> Cygwin Engineering Manager (and developer)
> Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat company
> 
> Visible Changes:
> 
> - Use of the /usr/i686-pc-cygwin/lib and /usr/i686-pc-cygwin/include
>   directories has been deprecated.  Starting with this release, these
>   directories have been moved into /usr.
> 
> Fixes:
> 
> - Fixed problems with \r\n line endings manifesting when text mode
>   was specified.
> 
> - Fixed problem exiting rxvt on Windows 95.
> 
> - Fixed problem with 'cd' when current directory is a path mapped
>   to something like '/c'.
> 
> - Fixed problem loading certain functions from advapi32.dll on older
>   versions of Windows 95.
> 
> - Avoid setting "ENOTDIR" errno when attempting to delete a non-existent
>   file.
> 
> - Eliminate test for a "writable directory" which arbitrarily limited
>   the ability to delete files in a "read-only" directory.  This is
>   only a limitation of UNIX.  Windows allows this.
> 
> - Scan LOCAL_MACHINE registry as well as current user registry when
>   looking for per-program cygwin options.
> 
> - Eliminate occasional "couldn't dynamically determine load address"
>   errors.
> 
> - Correct header file problem in include/cygwin/in.h where in6_addr
>   was incorrectly named.

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