-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A new release 6.0.3-2 for readline and libreadline7 is now available for use in cygwin 1.7, replacing 6.0.3-1. Cygwin 1.5 users are unaffected by this change.
NEWS: ===== This is a packaging update, using the new binutils to hopefully alleviate some problems that users are having on Vista 64, Windows 7 RC, and other newer windows platforms. As I only have access to XP, and the previous build worked fine on that platform, I'm hoping that this rebuild solves the problem. And if all else fails, you can always downgrade to the previous version of bash and libreadline6 to get cygwin working on this machine, per the instructions in this mail: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-07/msg00211.html Please check the mailing lists - if no one else has offered feedback for a particular version of windows, then feel free to offer your feedback (success or failure) so I can know whether using the new binutils to build the package made a difference. If someone else has offered feedback, then I don't need the duplicate reports. Please keep replies attached to this thread. See also the upstream documentation in /usr/share/doc/readline/. NOTES: ====== Be aware that an issue with offering libreadline as both a static and dynamic library has been identified - some functions, such as rl_function_of_keyseq, cannot work correctly with both library styles without some additional __declspec decoration in the dynamic case. This release caters to static compilation (and packages like bash that use the problematic functions from dynamic readline have to add a minimal workaround); it is possible that a future package will either be dynamic-only, or that compiling against the static readline-6.0 will require the declaration of a preprocessor macro, so that dynamic linking works without requiring patches to every client. DESCRIPTION: ============ The readline library will read a line from the terminal and return it, allowing the user to edit the line with emacs or vi editing keys. It also allows a history feature, for editing previous entries, making command line interfaces easier-to-use and more intuitive. libreadline7 provides the .dlls needed for readline and history expansion for dynamic linking in other programs, including bash and gdb; it is required for a minimal cygwin installation. The 7 in libreadline7 distinguishes incompatible API changes made to the prior libreadline5 and libreadline6 libraries still available on the mirrors. readline provides the documentation and the static libraries required for static linking; you should only need it if you plan on compiling an application that links with -lreadline or -lhistory. UPDATE: ======= To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up 'libreadline7' from the 'Base' category (it should already be selected), or 'readline' in the 'Devel' category. Be sure that you do not have any cygwin programs running during the upgrade. DOWNLOAD: ========= Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has this update, please choose the one nearest to you: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html QUESTIONS: ========== If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. - -- Eric Blake volunteer cygwin readline maintainer CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO: ================================= To unsubscribe to the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain....@cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpR6rMACgkQ84KuGfSFAYBmugCfaqn/xYDe54bo8P6hEFfJjeJx hDkAoNbRDcl12U9a+FTBX9++AVtvkEXO =bpDL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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
