Re: Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-26 Thread Max Kaehn
On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 21:38, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > As I understand it, the same issues arise whether cygwin1.dll is > dynamically loaded from an MSVC application or a MinGW application. > There is a simple way to compile MinGW applications on Cygwin (namely, > "gcc -mno-cygwin"). You could te

Re: Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-26 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:20:35AM -0700, Max Kaehn wrote: >On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 11:00, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>Rather than talking about "MSVC code" being "acceptable", please just >>provide a specific indication of *what* you are trying to do. Where do >>you want to put this code? Look at

Re: Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-26 Thread Max Kaehn
On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 11:00, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Rather than talking about "MSVC code" being "acceptable", please just > provide a specific indication of *what* you are trying to do. Where do > you want to put this code? Look at the directories available in winsup > and tell us where you

Re: Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-26 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 10:44:39AM -0700, Max Kaehn wrote: >On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 07:58, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>I don't know what "submit it" means here. If the submission is for >>inclusion somewhere in the cygwin-specific part of winsup then the code >>needs to be assigned to Red Hat. Othe

Re: Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-26 Thread Max Kaehn
On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 07:58, Christopher Faylor wrote: > I don't know what "submit it" means here. If the submission is for inclusion > somewhere in the cygwin-specific part of winsup then the code needs to be > assigned to Red Hat. Otherwise, why not just make it GPL? If MSVC code is acceptable

Re: Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-26 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 12:38:56AM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >> 3. I want to spare anyone making use of the test program any >> worries over legalities. Should I submit it under the cygwin >> license or put it in the public domain? > >Either would be fine, AFAIU, but wait for CGF or

Re: Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-26 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 26 00:38, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2005, Max Kaehn wrote: > > 3. I want to spare anyone making use of the test program any > > worries over legalities. Should I submit it under the cygwin > > license or put it in the public domain? > > Either would be fine, AFAIU,

Re: Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-25 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 25 May 2005, Max Kaehn wrote: > I'm working on a patch to make it possible to load cygwin1.dll > via LoadLibrary() in MSVC. The intent is to make it possible > for non-cygwin applications to be cooperative with cygwin paths > and signals. > [snip] A worthy goal. Good luck, Max. > Some

Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-25 Thread Max Kaehn
I'm working on a patch to make it possible to load cygwin1.dll via LoadLibrary() in MSVC. The intent is to make it possible for non-cygwin applications to be cooperative with cygwin paths and signals. (Such applications will need to either be open source as specified in the cygwin license, GPLed,