> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Hall > Sent: 15 November 2004 18:18
> At 01:04 PM 11/15/2004, you wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Darkfalz > >> Sent: 15 November 2004 17:57 > >> To: cygwin > >> Subject: Apology > >> > >> Sorry about that last email, really. Please stop sending me abuse. > > > > > > OK, since you've been big enough to apologise, let me > point out that there > >already is a way to just get a recent up-to-date > cygwin1.dll, in a zip file, > >more or less exactly what you wanted: > > > >http://cygwin.com/snapshots > > > Ugh! I was hoping somebody wasn't going to point to that. > rightly or wrongly). Obviously all of us who know about > snapshots (and it's not like they are > hidden or anything - there's a link to them on the main page) > know that they are moving targets representing ongoing > development. These are *not* the > same as the release versions available via 'setup.exe'. And > they come with > no list support. If someone is willing to work with a random > snapshot DLL, > then this is the place to get it. If however they are > looking for just > 'cygwin1.dll' that is synonymous with the released version, > they have to > pull that themselves from the 'cygwin' package in 'setup.exe'. Thanks for clarifying and enlarging on what I meant by "more or less"! Having said that, the cygwin dll is fairly stable, and by cunningly choosing a snapshot close enough in time to a release date, you're liable to get pretty much the same compiled codebase in it. > So I guess that leads us back to <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#WJM>. Doesn't everything? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
