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Re: please test snapshots: we'd like to release cygwin version 1.20
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:18 -0500
- Subject: Re: please test snapshots: we'd like to release cygwin version 1.20
- References: <20060222010657.GA5117@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <43FF1156.70704@byu.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 06:59:50AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
>According to Christopher Faylor on 2/21/2006 6:06 PM:
>>Please observe usual bug reporting rules when reporting on any results
>>from testing a snapshot.
>
>I'm seeing a few regressions on Win98 with 20060220, 20060223. They
>are making it impossible for me to test CVS coreutils against the
>latest snapshot on Win98. I haven't had time to further track down
>where the regressions started, as I haven't otherwise used snapshots on
>Win98 since 1.5.19 came out.
The new directory handling code had a problem on win9x. It would cause
random memory corruption. The new snapshot should work better.
I was able to configure and build bash with the equivalent of this
snashot.
Does it work any better for you, Eric?
cgf
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