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: <4.3.1.2.20010416133855.020cf4d0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:40:33 -0400 To: Troy Noble , "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: RE: What's a good stable snapshot DLL? In-Reply-To: <8F23E55D511AD5119A6800D0B76FDDE11E0F0A@cpex3.channelpoint. com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Snapshots are built with debug symbols but the format won't be understood by Dr. Watson or VC++. You'll need to use gdb/insight. Larry At 01:35 PM 4/16/2001, Troy Noble wrote: >Fair enough. > >This is probably a FAQ. Are the cygwin1.dll snapshots generated >with debug symbols such that I'll get more information in my Dr Watson >reports? If not, do I need to build my own with VC++ 6.0 such that I >can pull up the debugger when (if) I get the access violations? > >Thanks for the information. Troy > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall AT rfk DOT com] >Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 9:33 AM >To: Troy Noble; 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com' >Subject: Re: What's a good stable snapshot DLL? > > >At 10:45 AM 4/16/2001, Troy Noble wrote: > >Am having some relatively frequent Dr. Watson dialogs on Win2K and NT 4 > >SP6a. > >Access Violations. Using 1.1.8-2 version of the DLL from a "cygwin/latest" > >mirror. > > > >It's seems to happen in all sorts of places... echo.exe, make.exe, >bash.exe, > >basepath.exe. Seems to be somewhat random, in other words I can't >reproduce > >it the same way twice. And it only seems to occur on machines where I have > >cygwin on the d: drive instead of the c: drive. > > > >So am willing to try a snapshot of the DLL as is frequently suggested on >the > >list. > >My question is, what is a good stable version I can try (looking for >minimal > >risk if > >possible). Saw one reference to > > > >ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/snapshots/cygwin1-2 >0 > >010411.dll.bz2 > > > >but that seems awfully recent. Is it generally safe using ones that recent > >given > >that these are built off of developer sources almost daily? > > >Snapshots are not generally considered stable. They are works in progress. >If submissions build, a new snapshot is created. If not, there's no >snapshot. Whether they "work" or not is determined by those that run them. >If you intend to try/use a snapshot, you should: > > 1. Backup any previous DLL/environment you have that you may want to fall > back to. > > 2. Be willing to try a few to see if they help solve your problems >without > creating others. > > 3. Report the results of (2). > > 4. Preferably be willing to help debug issues you find. > > >Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com >RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com >118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office >Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple