Re: Which snapshot file should I use?

[Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please at cygwin dot com>]

At 02:23 PM 8/25/2005, you wrote:
>Greetings,

Reformatting:

>I'm wondering under what circumstances do I use each of the above?


>I see the following files on the snapshot page:
>winsup-src-*.tar.bz2    sources in the winsup directory


Use this when you just want to have the Cygwin source or some other
specialized use.


>cygwin1-*.dll.bz2       stripped and compressed cygwin1.dll


Use this when you just want to run with a new DLL.


>cygwin1-*.dbg.bz2       debugging information for cygwin1.dll (rename to
>/bin/cygwin1.dbg for use with gdb)


Should be obvious. ;-)


>cygwin-inst-*.tar.bz2       directory from "make install" (dll, exes,
>libs, headers, etc)


Use this if you plan to build stuff against the new DLL (but not the DLL itself.)  Used in conjunction with cygwin1-*.dll.bz2.


>cygwin-src-*.tar.bz2    all sources needed to build cygwin1.dll
>(winsup, newlib, etc)


Should be obvious. ;-)


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