Mail Archives: cygwin-developers/2003/03/20/07:23:25
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:40:42PM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
>>FYI, I bootstrapped msys tools by modifying the cygwin1.dll in the
>>binary executable. So, it's conceivable to postinstall a sed script
>>that would modify the dll name with caveats of new functionality not
>>supported.
>
>
> I used to do this all of the time in B19 days back when the DLL name
> changed with each release. That's changed now. It was quite a battle
> to get it changed, too (cgf bows).
>
Clap, clap, clap ... loud applause. :) Yes, it was a good thing.
> The problem in this scenario is that just about every structure has changed
> now. stat, FILE, passwd, etc. Changing the name of the DLL will just cause
> most executables to crash.
>
I think I realized this after typing and pressing send. But what about
> I can also see the possibility for 32/64 bit versions for each new
> release with 32bit versions using libcygwin1.a while 64bit versions
> using libcygwin2.a. An arbitrary date would be set to remove support
> for a 32bit versions.
Earnie.
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