Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/11/03/14:13:33
Unfortunately, once I installed this version, I couldn't get the
Cygwin/X server to start (using 1.7.1). I had to roll back to
1.7.0-62
I can provide debug info if someone tells me what is needed.
- Jim
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Corinna Vinschen
<corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
>
> I just uploaded a new Cygwin 1.7 test release, 1.7.0-63.
>
>
> Changes in relation to 1.7.0-62:
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> - Add a bigger patch which allows by default to run multiple Cygwin
> =A0installations in parallel without interferring and without interaction
> =A0between processes running within these installations. =A0This is done =
by
> =A0computing a key value from the installation path of the Cygwin DLL
> =A0which is used when creating shared objects used for interprocess
> =A0communication and synchronization. =A0This means, you can have multiple
> =A0concurrent Cygwin 1.7 installations in parallel running alongside
> =A0without knowing of each other. =A0However, this also implies that you
> =A0should not try to have one process in installation A interacting with
> =A0any process running in installation B. =A0The results might not be what
> =A0you expect. =A0Keep different Cygwin installations separate. =A0This
> =A0change comes along with a change to the cygcheck tool, see
> =A0http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#cygcheck,
> =A0options --enable-unique-object-names, --disable-unique-object-names,
> =A0and --show-unique-object-names.
>
> - For better debugging of multiple Cygwin installations, every Cygwin
> =A0DLL now generates a registry entry with its installation path and the
> =A0key value computed from this path.
> =A0This change is accompanied by another change in cygcheck, see
> =A0http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#cygcheck,
> =A0and its new option --delete-orphaned-installation-keys.
>
> - Start supporting v2 pseudo-relocs. =A0This is very technical stuff, see
> =A0http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2008-11/msg00004.html
>
> - Set default locale to "C.UTF-8".
>
> - Allow ASCII control chars in filenames by mapping them to the
> =A0UNICODE prvate use area U+F0xx.
>
> - Allow setuid/seteuid calls to switch to a restricted token of the
> =A0same user. =A0A tool using this functionality is not yet available.
>
>
> Bugfixes:
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> - The kill tool now accepts negative PIDs.
>
> - Fix cygpath to generate special folder names in correct charset.
>
> - nl_langinfo now returns more correct charset info.
>
> - Make the fflush function handle devices better.
>
> - Fix return value of tcgetpgrp if tty is not controlling tty.
>
> - Fix a potential administrator permission problem in setuid/seteuid call=
s.
>
> - Fix a handle leak in utimens.
>
> - Don't return from a function caught by an unhandled signal.
>
> - Always return a size of 0 when calling stat(2) on sockets.
>
> - Do not add .lnk suffix if hardlinking a device.
>
> - Fix utimes family of functions to avoid time warp.
>
> - Allow to execute executable files even if they are non-readable by the
> =A0current user.
>
> - Don't crash on startup if $PATH is empty.
>
> - Handle a certain error condition in readdir when accessing shares runni=
ng
> =A0under older (or crippled) Samba versions.
>
> - Fix bug in ACL inheritance when creating files and directories.
>
> - Improve the roundtrip capability when converting singlebyte chars to
> =A0the UNICODE prvate use area U+F0xx and vice versa.
>
> - A couple of header file corrections.
>
>
> FAQ:
> =3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> - Q: How do I know that I'm running Cygwin 1.7.0-63?
>
> =A0A: The `uname -v' command prints "2009-11-03 15:06"
>
>
> Have fun,
> Corinna
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert AT alum DOT mit DOT edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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