Hi Cygwin friends and users,
I just released Cygwin 1.7.31-2. This is mostely a bugfix release. The only difference to 1.7.31-1 is the corrected initialization of the main thread's thread mutex as outlined in https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-07/msg00248.html Please note that the new passwd/group handling still isn't in this version of Cygwin. The changes are still work in progress. What changed: ------------- - Improve performance of send(2), sendto(2), sendmsg(2) when using small input buffers. Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-07/msg00069.html - The default pthread_mutex type is now PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL, rather than PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK, just as on Linux. - Align pthread_attr stack functions more closely to Linux. - Mark pthread_attr_getstackaddr and pthread_attr_setstackaddr as deprecated, as on Linux. Bug Fixes --------- - Fix various assorted bugs (potential buffer overruns, resource leaks, you name it) caught by Coverity. - Fix return value of getgrouplist if the number of groups is bigger than the application-provided buffer can hold. See https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-05/msg00469.html - Fix a spurious error condition in calls to getaddrinfo on x86_64. Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-06/msg00350.html - Workaround a problem following native NTFS symlinks. This patch has been not applied to 1.7.30, accidentally. Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-04/msg00384.html - Fix an off-by-one bug in res_querydomain. Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-07/msg00052.html - Don't catch STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW preliminary on 64 bit. Fixes: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-07/msg00046.html - Make sure that signals are properly delivered when sending lots of signals in succession. Fixes: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-07/threads.html#00149 To install 32-bit Cygwin use http://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe To install 64 bit Cygwin use http://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe The 64 bit Cygwin distribution doesn't yet come with as many packages as the 32 bit version, but more packages will be available over time. If you're already running a 32 bit version of Cygwin on 64 bit Windows machines, you can continue to do so. If you're planning a new install of Cygwin on a 64 bit Windows machine, consider to use the new 64 bit Cygwin version, unless you need certain packages not yet available in the 64 bit release. Have fun, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
