[sdcc-devel] cygwin ok by RedHat but...

[<da...@kd...>]

Hi group,

  This is a copy of the email that I got back from RedHat on the cygwin
package.  Someone care to comment on the problems with the newer
versions of cygwin?!?!?  As my first email to them indicates.. I don't
use win32 for development... so I don't know what the problems are.

  I will forward whatever anyone wants to comment on.  Meanwhile I can
post the known working version to the site right away.
--Dave
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    From: Chris Faylor <cg...@re...>
 Subject: Re: [Fwd: cygwin package]
    Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:17:06 -0400
      To: da...@kd...
      Cc: kim...@re...

Hello,
Since Cygwin is free software you are allowed to make anything available
as long as you adhere to the GPL.

However, I have very grave reservations about confusiong people by making
older versions of the software available.

I would be interested in hearing what kind of problems you are having,
of course.  I would much rather fix problems than force people to live
in the past.

cgf

On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 10:32:43AM -0400, Donna Kimmerly wrote:
>HI.  I've forwarded this email to you in case you can help this fellow
>with his problem.  If not, let me know and I'll have mark respond to
>him.
>From: da...@kd...
>To: le...@re...
>Subject: cygwin package
>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:17:24 -0500 (CDT)
>Reply-To: da...@kd...
>
>Dear Sirs,
>
>  This is a request to post a version of Cygnus' cygwin package to our
>web site.
>
>  I am a member of the SDCC (Small Device C Compiler) developer group.
>  http://sdcc.sourceforge.net.
>  
>  I work mostly on the web pages and do bug report/testing.  Our package
>will run on win32 platform but only with a known version of cygwin.  I
>have downloaded this version and would like to post it to our web site
>for others to download.  More recent versions of this package are known
>to break the SDCC build and install on win32.  Otherwise, we would have
>put a link on our page to download the latest.
>
>  I cannot give specifics as to why it breaks.  I use the native linux
>platform to do my development.  This seems to be a real issue with
>others just starting with our package, hence this request.
>
>  The legal department seemed like a good place to ask this question ;-)
>Your consideration is appreciated.
>
>-- 
>Dave

-- 
Dave

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