Fixing the state of C++ in Cygwin
Christopher Faylor
cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com
Wed Apr 12 05:35:00 GMT 2006
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 09:13:14PM -0700, Steven Brown wrote:
>Currently in Cygwin, C++ apps using libtool will fail to build for some
>reason due to sed 4.1.5 - you have to downgrade to 4.1.4, which is not
>the default being installed. C++ programs are also affected by gcc bug
>#24196[1] (passing std::string between exes and dlls), which causes hard
>to track down crashes.
>
>I'd like to help get these fixed in Cygwin, but I'm not sure how to help
>out. It seems the tasks to be done are:
>
>1) Set sed 4.1.4 as the default until the reason 4.1.5 causes libtool
>failures is fixed.
>
>2) Integrate the patch in gcc bug #24196 to Cygwin's build of gcc.
>
>Could you point me in the right direction as to who to contact to help
>get these taken care of?
How about figuring out what the "for some reason" is that makes sed 4.1.5
(theoretically) fail?
cgf
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