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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