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To: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi AT inspirepharm DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:04:20 EST."
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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:33:45 -0600
From: Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU>

"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi AT InspirePharm DOT Com> writes:
> 
> I downloaded cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz from the snapshot directory.
> 
> The libcygwin.a in the above mentioned archive is 785 KB as opposed to
> approx. 1.65 MB in the Original Cygwin-B20.1 distribution!
> 
> After installing cygwin-inst-19990222 I started getting some strange EGCS
> behavior.  It complaint about *undefined _ctype_ external refferences*
> 
> Is there something missing in libcygwin.a in Cygwin-inst-19990222.tar.gz?
> Why it is so small in size compare to libcygwin.a in the orginal
> Cygwin-b20.1 distribution?
> 

The new snapshots have changed the interfaces for certain symbols (ctype
happens to be one of those), and you'll need to rebuild client libraries
such as f77/C++ runtime etc.

I believe that the next release (b21?) is meant to break binary 
compatibility (not a bad thing considering the long term benefits), so
it's not a surprise. One of the "good" snapshots that I've used and 
that does not break binary compatibility is possibly Jan-16-1997 (or 
thereabouts).

Regards,
Mumit


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