[ANNOUNCEMENT] mingw64-*-windows-default-manifest (x86/x86_64)

2014-11-15 Thread JonY
The default manifest file is used to workaround a bug in the Windows version reporting API. The manifest file needs to be updated for every Windows release, and all programs relinked to take effect. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: windows-default-manifest-6.4-1

2014-10-26 Thread Corinna Vinschen
being compatible only with the > > oldest supported OS version of the OS compatibility layer. > > > > That means, all applications without manifest are running in a Window > > Vista compatibility layer on Windows 8.1. This affects all Cygwin > > executables to date.

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: windows-default-manifest-6.4-1

2014-10-25 Thread Andrew Schulman
ty layer. > > That means, all applications without manifest are running in a Window > Vista compatibility layer on Windows 8.1. This affects all Cygwin > executables to date. By adding the default manifest to newly built > packages, we're slowly getting to run our executables

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: windows-default-manifest-6.4-1

2014-10-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi folks, I just uploaded windows-default-manifest-6.4-1. This adds the OS GUID for Windows 10 to the default manifest file. This package contains nothing but a default application compatibility manifest, which gets linked in by GCC by default, and which is supposed to claim compatibility with

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: windows-default-manifest-6.3-1

2014-06-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 25/06/2014 11:21, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jun 25 11:00, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 25/06/2014 10:12, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Hi folks, Did you read the comments in the 2nd link I sent with my announcement? There are more unhappy devs... I read. Very stupid broken behavior and also very d

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: windows-default-manifest-6.3-1

2014-06-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 25 11:00, Marco Atzeri wrote: > > On 25/06/2014 10:12, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > > > >I just uploaded windows-default-manifest-6.3-1. > > > >This new package contains nothing but a default application > >compatibility manif

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: windows-default-manifest-6.3-1

2014-06-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 25/06/2014 10:12, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Hi folks, I just uploaded windows-default-manifest-6.3-1. This new package contains nothing but a default application compatibility manifest, which gets linked in by GCC by default, and which is supposed to claim compatibility with the latest

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: windows-default-manifest-6.3-1

2014-06-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi folks, I just uploaded windows-default-manifest-6.3-1. This new package contains nothing but a default application compatibility manifest, which gets linked in by GCC by default, and which is supposed to claim compatibility with the latest Windows versions available at the time. Adding such

Re: Default manifest

2014-05-21 Thread JonY
On 5/21/2014 21:19, Ken Brown wrote: >> >> For the default manifest to get going we also need the patcha new GCC >> with Nick's patch from >> >>https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2014-04/msg01378.html >> >> Is that easily backportable to GCC

Re: Default manifest

2014-05-21 Thread Ken Brown
uilt version of binutils, which doesn't provide a default manifest, because of the problem I reported here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-04/msg00199.html I'll update binutils ASAP. For the default manifest to get going we also need the patcha new GCC with Nick's patch from

Re: Default manifest

2014-05-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
ause I > >currently have to use a self-built version of binutils, which doesn't > >provide a default manifest, because of the problem I reported here: > > > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-04/msg00199.html > > I'll update binutils ASAP. For the de

Re: Default manifest

2014-05-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
01387.html > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16790#c9 > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16807#c8 > >I'm not trying to rush any maintainers, but I'm asking because I >currently have to use a self-built version of binutils, which doesn't >

Default manifest

2014-05-14 Thread Ken Brown
e.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16807#c8 I'm not trying to rush any maintainers, but I'm asking because I currently have to use a self-built version of binutils, which doesn't provide a default manifest, because of the problem I reported here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2

Re: Problem with default manifest when application provides its own

2014-04-09 Thread Corinna Vinschen
he current binutils, I end up with an > >executable that won't run after it's stripped (at least on x86_64). I > >traced this to the fact that emacs-w32 comes with its own manifest. My > >understanding is that the emacs-w32 manifest should take precedence over > &g

Re: Problem with default manifest when application provides its own

2014-04-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
ter it's stripped (at least on x86_64). I >traced this to the fact that emacs-w32 comes with its own manifest. My >understanding is that the emacs-w32 manifest should take precedence over >the Cygwin default manifest, but something's going wrong in this case. > >Here&

Problem with default manifest when application provides its own

2014-04-09 Thread Ken Brown
emacs-w32 comes with its own manifest. My understanding is that the emacs-w32 manifest should take precedence over the Cygwin default manifest, but something's going wrong in this case. Here's a simple test case to illustrate the problem, using a slight modification of the resource f