'Wrong' dll names in 4.3.0-1 packages -> breaks all 3rd partyX apps

Christopher Faylor cgf@redhat.com
Sat Aug 2 04:07:00 GMT 2003


On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 11:27:55PM -0400, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
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>Christopher Faylor wrote:
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>>Hmm.  If these packages are built against cygwin-1.5.1, they should be
>>marked as test packages.  It doesn't look like they are.
>>
>>Am I missing something, Harold?
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>Yes, I changed the plan to make a 1.3.x release of XFree86 4.3.0 before 
>the 1.5.1 release.  The idea here is to help is differentiate between 
>1.5.1 bugs and 4.3.0 bugs.

Sounds like a good plan.  Sorry for the noise.

>The whole point of applications needing to be recompiled is going to be 
>moot as soon as Cygwin 1.5.1 is released, since they will all have to be 
>recompiled anyway.

They don't necessarily have to be recompiled unless they are using types
that have changed in size.

cgf



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