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Date:	12 Feb 2002 12:46:40 -0500
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From:	Jonathan Kamens <jik AT curl DOT com>
To:	cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
In-reply-to:	<20020212131000.GA1248@dothill.com> (message from Jason Tishler
	on Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:10:00 -0500)
Subject:	Re: Updated: postgresql-7.2-2
References:	<20020212131000 DOT GA1248 AT dothill DOT com>

>  Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:10:00 -0500
>  From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
>  
>  <!!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!!>
>  
>  Note that this distribution will *not* function correctly with Cygwin
>  1.3.9-1.  If you want to use this distribution, then you *must* upgrade
>  your Cygwin DLL to a recent snapshot (i.e., 2002-Feb-10 or later) or to
>  the next release after 1.3.9-1 (when available).
>  
>  </!!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!!>

This seems like a singularly bad idea.  This means that if someone
downloads setup.exe from the Cygwin site and installs a bunch of
packages from scratch including postgresql, it won't work.  Blech.

Couldn't the postgresql update have waited until after a new version
of the DLL was released?

  jik

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