Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:25:15 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: cygwin 1.5.0 coming - 64 bit file I/O and more Message-ID: <20030704172515.GA28438@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Note-from-DJ: This may be spam I'm about to release cygwin 1.5.0. We've bumped the version to 1.5.0 because of some major changes in functionality - cygwin now uses 64 bit file I/O by default. This was a substantial effort on the part of Corinna Vinschen who deserves major kudos for her work (which was entirely volunteered). Corinna deserves five gold stars for this work. It *really* was not an easy task. Anyway, expect a testing version of 1.5.0 soon. Just to whet your appetite a little, I also added a new mount option to this release: mount -o managed c:/foo /foo A managed mount means that file names are entirely managed by cygwin. Any directory managed in this manner will allow the creation of files like "aux", "com1", "abc:def", and files which differ only by case. This is accomplished by munging the filenames in a manner that makes them appear very strange to windows so manipulation of files in these directories is REALLY not recommended. Unlike the 64 bit stuff which really appears to be rock solid, the managed directory stuff should still be considered an "at your own risk" type of thing. So while 1.5.0 will be beta quality, the managed stuff will be alpha quality. There will also be the usual raft of other changes in this release from the usual notables like Pierre Humblet and Thomas Pfaff. I'm collecting the change log now. So, barring any problems, expect a test (aka Exp) version of the cygwin DLL soon. cgf -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to aaaspam AT sourceware DOT org and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/