Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/10/24/22:25:13
Um, I did both on my first post yesterday. :)
- Jonathan Lanier
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Of Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:25 PM
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Subject: Re: 1.5.21-1: CIFS symlinks on network share break Cygwin
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>. Reformatted.
Champ Mendis wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)"
> <reply-to-list-only-lh <AT> cygwin <DOT> com>
> To: <cygwin <AT> cygwin <DOT> com>
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<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: 1.5.21-1: CIFS symlinks on network share break Cygwin
>
>
>> Jonathan Lanier wrote:
>>> Well, I thought of that - first rule of debugging, calculatus
>>> eliminatus. I tried it; but, attempts to use the older DLLs with
>>> newer apps (or vice-versa) result in corrupted shared memory, and
>>> force me to reboot my WinXP box. I've been under the impression
>>> that cygwin1.dll isn't really meant to be cross-compatible with
>>> applications built against other versions of Cygwin, which would
>>> probably make the search useless. If anyone knows otherwise, I'm
>>> keen to hear anything about cygwin1.dll-swapping that could be of
>>> use - i.e. how far back I could go and expect to retain binary
compatibility.
>>>
>>
>> There is backwards binary compatibility but not forward. So I'd
>> suggest, if you're interested in trying this, that you use your
>> 1.5.14 environment and swap in DLLs until it doesn't work. But keep
>> your original DLL so you can "reset" it at the end. Start with the
>> oldest snapshot and binary search your way in.
> Hi,
> I got the same problem, I ran Insight debugger too but it failed. Code
> very well in new version of Cygwin but Exe file does not give any
> output. Insight debugger says unknown error.
> I was wondering whether XP Media Edition is conflicting with Cygwin
> environment.
> I tried the Cygwin1.dll to run in DOS mode but it failed.
> I will also try the same thing as Jonathan says.
Two additional thoughts on this:
o If you have a small, simple test case in C, it's worth your while
to consider sending it to the list.
o You should send along your cygcheck output. Indeed, it's worthwhile
to
re-read <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>. The more relevant
details,
the better! :-)
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