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Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 13:15:26 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygipc (and PostgreSQL) XP problem resolved!
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On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 09:56:11AM -0700, Dario Alcocer wrote:
>The reason I ask is that I've seen binaries compiled for an older
>cygwin1.dll run incorrectly or crash when dynamically linking against a
>new cygwin1.dll.

Then that is what we the computer biz call "a bug".

I don't recall anyone making the claim that we were perfect or that we
don't screw up.  However, we do try hard to maintain backwards
compatibility.  The 32->64 bit conversion is no exception.

cgf

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