Hi folks,
I just uploaded windows-default-manifest-6.4-1. This adds the OS GUID for Windows 10 to the default manifest file. This package contains nothing but a default application compatibility manifest, which gets linked in by GCC by default, and which is supposed to claim compatibility with the latest Windows versions available at the time. Adding such a manifest got necessary due to a change in Windows 8.1. On earlier OS versions, applications without manifest were treated as compatible with the current OS. Starting with Windows 8.1, an executable without manifest is treated as being compatible only with the oldest supported OS version of the OS compatibility layer. That means, all applications without manifest are running in a Window Vista compatibility layer on Windows 8.1. This affects all Cygwin executables to date. By adding the default manifest to newly built packages, we're slowly getting to run our executables with full OS compatibility. This package is in the "Base" category, so it will be pulled in by default. The version number reflects the OS kernel version supported by this manifest (6.4 == Windows 10). Keep calm and carry on, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
