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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:45:45 -0400
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: cygwin-1.7.0-59
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I'm not making a feature request but rather some future discussion ideas.

We all seem to remember sub-version numbers like:
    1.7.0.-44
There is some benefits in using a consistant numbering scheme.  When I 
use the uname command, I don't care what date my dll was created.  I 
would like for uname to use the same format as we all talk about.  Would 
it be possible to get uname to report the full version with 
sub-version?  No more dates...  Without this feature, Im' going thru 
convuolutions to extract the full version and sub versions.

I like to be able to quickly view this information in the Windows 
banner/title area when running multiple instatnces of the OS.

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
>
> I just uploaded a new Cygwin 1.7 test release, 1.7.0-59.
>
> Just a bugfix update.
>
> What's new in contrast to 1.7.0-58
> ===================================
>
> - Nothing.
>
>
> Bugfixes:
> =========
>
> - Fix a bug in wcsncpy where the function call wcsncpy (dest, src, n)
>   could end up copying n+1 characters to dest.
>   http://sourceware.org/ml/newlib/2009/msg00812.html
>
> - The getsockname/getpeername patches added to -58 didn't return the
>   correct length for unbound AF_LOCAL sockets (3 instead of 2).
>
> - Fix a bug in readdir which could lead to incorrect inode numbers
>   for "." and ".." entries on some remote filesystems (ext3 over
>   NFS for instance).
>
> - Fix a bug in readdir which could result in wrong inode numbers on remote
>   NFS filesystems.  Also works around a bug in the Windows 7 NFS client.
>
> - Fix popen problems with standard handles
>   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-08/msg00582.html
>
>
> FAQ:
> ====
>
> - Q: How do I know that I'm running Cygwin 1.7.0-59?
>
>   A: The `uname -v' command prints "2009-08-18 18:42"
>
>
> Have fun,
> Corinna
>
>
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