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Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:09:40 +0000
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 03:27:10PM +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Thomas Werner wrote:
>>> i need to analyse the cygwin1.dlls assembler code for statistical
>>> purpose.  but therefor i need to know which compiler is used and its
>>> version.  every pe tool i used said "compiler unknown", so can anyone
>>> help me?
>>>
>>> if it's important.  the file version i'm talking about is 1005.25.0.0.
>> It is compiled by the version of gcc-4.3.4 currently shipping with the
>> cygwin distro.  (Usually cross-compiled from linux rather than
>> natively, but the same compiler version is used.)
> 
> Actually, I think it's likely that 1.5.25 was compiled with a gcc 3.4.4
> cross-compiler.  4.3.4 wasn't even available when it was released.

  Oh, I missed that!  "Cygwin" has come to mean "cygwin 1.7" for me; these
days I find it increasingly hard to even remember that such a thing as 1.5
ever existed...

  Thomas, yes: CGF is undoubtedly right about the 1.5 DLL.

    cheers,
      DaveK

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