On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 09:13:14PM -0700, Steven Brown wrote: >Currently in Cygwin, C++ apps using libtool will fail to build for some >reason due to sed 4.1.5 - you have to downgrade to 4.1.4, which is not >the default being installed. C++ programs are also affected by gcc bug >#24196[1] (passing std::string between exes and dlls), which causes hard >to track down crashes. > >I'd like to help get these fixed in Cygwin, but I'm not sure how to help >out. It seems the tasks to be done are: > >1) Set sed 4.1.4 as the default until the reason 4.1.5 causes libtool >failures is fixed. > >2) Integrate the patch in gcc bug #24196 to Cygwin's build of gcc. > >Could you point me in the right direction as to who to contact to help >get these taken care of?
How about figuring out what the "for some reason" is that makes sed 4.1.5 (theoretically) fail? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
