There seem to be some issues with the latest Cygwin. It's a major update. I've just installed it, and software which used to work on Cygwin no longer does.
Bill. On 9 November 2010 11:39, Jason <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com> wrote: > On Monday 08 November 2010 19:23:38 jason wrote: >> Yeah , I did the same with mingw* , but that was mainly me being lazy. >> I'm going to change my cygwin back to the 1.5 version , version 1.7 only >> went mainstream this summer. I'll do a few tests , and if everything is OK >> , I'll release RC1 >> > > I cant seem to install the old cygwin 1.5 which is slightly odd , I certainly > used it may'ish this year , so unless I was a few months behind , there > appears to be a problem with my windows(32 and 64) , perhaps some windows > update has killed it. > > I never had any problems before with Cygwin , and mpir has always built OK on > it , so I am going to release an RC1 and someone else can hopefully test it. > > At some point I remember talk of cygwin on skynet or the washington machines , > did that ever happen? > > Jason > > >> There are a few projects I use that think they dont need to do tested >> releases , and they are a pain in the arse to use because it next to >> impossible to keep things consistent. >> >> Jason >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Case Vanhorsen" <cas...@gmail.com> >> To: <mpir-devel@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 6:24 PM >> Subject: Re: [mpir-devel] Re: cygwin fails on mpir new and the old versions >> >> >I have seen issues similar to this with mingw32. The solution was to >> > >> > use an old MSYS version (1.0.10 IIRC) instead of the latest >> > version(s). I just assumed it was a quirk in the version of MSYS I >> > used so I didn't persue it any further. >> > >> > casevh > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mpir-devel" group. > To post to this group, send email to mpir-de...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to mpir-de...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en.
