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Subject: Re: Compatibility of binaries built with one version of cygwin with other versions of cygwin
From: Bryan Berns <bryan DOT berns AT gmail DOT com>
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"Guaranteed" might be a strong word - especially given the lack of a
guarantor; probably depends on whether the programmer has had to
workaround any nuances in the Cygwin library that may have changed in
later versions.  I think the library function exports have been the
same for awhile and I've personally had pretty good lucking simply
dropping in a new DLL file without issues.

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