system calls and environment these programs expect. More information
about this project can be found at:
- http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/
+ http://www.cygwin.com/
A recent net or commercial release of Cygwin is required.
-At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.1.4 was current.
+At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.1.5 was current.
B<NOTE:> At this point, minimal effort has been made to provide
compatibility with old (beta) Cygwin releases. The focus has been to
At least for consistency with WinNT, you should keep the recommended
value.
-=item * Checking how std your stdio is...
-
-Configure reports:
-
- Your stdio doesn't appear very std.
-
-This is correct.
-
=item * Compiler/Preprocessor defines
The following error occurs because of the Cygwin C<#define> of
=item Documentation
- INSTALL README.cygwin
+ INSTALL README.cygwin README.win32 MANIFEST
Changes Changes5.005 Changes5.004 Changes5.6
- AUTHORS MAINTAIN MANIFEST README.win32
- pod/buildtoc.PL pod/perl.pod pod/perl5004delta.pod pod/perl56delta.pod
- pod/perlfaq3.pod pod/perlhist.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perlport.pod
- pod/perltoc.pod
+ pod/perl.pod pod/perlport.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod
+ pod/perldelta.pod pod/perl5004delta.pod pod/perl56delta.pod
+ pod/perlhist.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/buildtoc.PL pod/perltoc.pod
=item Build, Configure, Make, Install
perl.h - binmode
doio.c - win9x can not rename a file when it is open
pp_sys.c - do not define h_errno, pp_system with spawn
- mg.c - environ WORKAROUND
- unixish.h - environ WORKAROUND
- util.c - environ WORKAROUND
+ util.c - use setenv
=item Compiled Module Source
However, additional Cygwin calls for manipulating WinNT access tokens
and security contexts are required.
+When building DLLs, `C<dllwrap --export-all-symbols>' is used to export
+global symbols. It might be better to generate an explicit F<.def> file
+(see F<makedef.pl>). Also, DLLs can now be build with `C<gcc -shared>'.
+
=head1 AUTHORS
Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>,
-Eric Fifer <efifer@sanwaint.com>,
+Eric Fifer <egf7@columbia.edu>,
alexander smishlajev <als@turnhere.com>,
Steven Morlock <newspost@morlock.net>,
Sebastien Barre <Sebastien.Barre@utc.fr>,
=head1 HISTORY
-Last updated: 15 August 2000
+Last updated: 9 November 2000