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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:20:26 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: development under 1.5.0 ?s
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On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 03:49:41PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>> Is it safe to use 1.3.22 headers with a 1.5.0 dll (I think so)?  Obviously
>> the converse is not true.
>
>Your statement isn't either.  All the structure sizes/offsets would have
>changed, so you can't use older headers with the newer DLL.

You should be able to use older headers *and libraries* with the new DLL.

cgf

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