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Date: | Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:17:30 -0400 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: ask for delivering cygwin 1.1.8 with kde 1.1.2 |
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In-Reply-To: | <011801c0f3f8$7f2034f0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>; from robert.collins@itdomain.com.au on Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 09:03:36PM +1000 |
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 09:03:36PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: >>2. applications or linbs linked with cygwin 1.3.2 like ncurses >>reference a pointer "check_for_executable" used by the method >>path_conv::exec_state(). This isn't available under cygwin 1.1.8. So >>if one application or lib is linked with cygwin 1.3.2 it will never >>runs under cygwin 1.1.8. Especially in deep nested applications like >>kde this wilkl produced much support problems. >> >>It is not possible to put this var into the structure pointed by the >>impure_ptr (or somewhere else) to prevent such incompatibility ? > >It's only incompatible if you are running a compiled-on-cygwin-1.3.2 >binary on a cygwin-1.1.8 system. That's like running a glibc 2.2 >compiled binary ona glibc 2.1 system. There's no reason to expect that >to work. Personally I don't think that the cygwin list should have to >compile ncurses for 1.1.8, once 1.3.2 is released. Remember: backwards >compatability means running old binaries still works with newer >Cygwin's, not newer binaries work on old cygwin's. Still if the cause >of that symbols use can be hidden, I see no problem with you providing >a patch. The check_for_executable global is actually not used in 1.3.2. This was a 1.3.1 thing. It should eventually disappear. There is no need for a patch. cgf
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