Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <00b601c09eb4$e3cc1ac0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> From: "Robert Collins" To: , Cc: References: <200102222041 DOT f1MKfKj29110 AT quickmonkey DOT com> <20010224164002 DOT B6385 AT redhat DOT com> <200102242149 DOT f1OLns802613 AT quickmonkey DOT com> Subject: Re: cygwin with sockscap32 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:55:29 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Feb 2001 22:47:50.0513 (UTC) FILETIME=[D0C2B610:01C09EB3] Madhu, Chris Faylor is one of the three MOST QUALIFIED people to comment on problems related to or involving cygwin. Check the project home pages and see if you see why! I haven't been involved in the discussion, but I can easily believe that it is _not_ cygwin's problem. And without the source code (which apparently isn't available) there is no easy way for anyone in the cygwin development team to analyse the problem. Having said that it comes down to choosing the more likely scenario, and who you trust more. I have seen many occasions where software vendors have to release new versions of their product when an O/S patch occurs because _they broke the rules writing it_. Cygwin 1.1.x has the same ABI as cygwin b20. Most ports for B20 run just fine under the current cygwin because cygwin has been carefully kept backwarsds compatible. Occams razor suggests that this is just another case of a corner cutting software vendor. The sockscap made use of an unsupported API or ABI feature, and as such is now broken. Of course, it might be a cygwin problem, in which case... YOU have the cygwin source. YOU are observing the problem in a closed source product, YOU need to liase with the software vendor. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "MADHU" To: Cc: Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 8:49 AM Subject: Re: cygwin with sockscap32 > > You may choose to igmore the problem, as you have, and hope it goes > away, but it hasnt. cygwin is unusable with sockscap, while it was > before: because of changes to the code. I would apprecciate it if you > could keep quietif you have nothing of value to add to the discussion, > and random rants. > Thanks > Regards > madhu > > > |Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 16:40:02 -0500 > |From: Chris Faylor > |On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:41:20PM -0800, MADHU wrote: > |>helu, > |>that is just your opinion, I was seeking a little more technical > |>explanation, and as I pointed out in my post, and my privatre response > |>to ernie boyd, ALL evidence points to a cygwin problem. > | > |It is more than an opinion. It is cold hard fact. Sorry. > | > |cgf > | > -- > This is the mail archive of the cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com mailing list > for the Cygwin project. > Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index] > Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] > Re: cygwin with sockscap32 > To: "'Earnie Boyd'" > Subject: Re: cygwin with sockscap32 > From: Christopher Faylor > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:04:55 -0500 > References: <878B7E94C206D511895800A0C9F4871CD5BB19 AT xcup01 DOT cup DOT hp DOT com> > <3A954C6E DOT FF247549 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> > Reply-To: cygwin at cygwin dot com > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:29:18PM -0500, Charles S. Wilson wrote: > >"MADHU,SURESH (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" wrote: > >> >> I think its a cygnus issue. Because the sockscap code has not > changed, but > >> the cygwin code has - and the sockscap source code is not as open > source as > >> the cygnus code, > > > >Yes. It is and must be -- but perhaps the sockscap owners don't > >understand that. By linking to the cygwin1.dll, the sockscap code is > >required to be open source. If you cannot obtain the source from > >them, > >then it is because the owners are VIOLATING cygwin's license. > > > >They MUST release the code -- if they don't, I'm sure Red Hat's > >lawyers > >would love to talk with them. > > Yup. > > Also the fact that something "worked" before and "doesn't work" after > upgrading > cygwin does *not* automatically mean that "it's a cygwin problem". > > cgf > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > References: > RE: cygwin with sockscap32 > From: MADHU,SURESH (HP-Cupertino,ex1) > Re: cygwin with sockscap32 > From: Charles S. 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