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authorEric Fifer <egf7@columbia.edu>2000-11-10 19:30:30 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-11-11 15:22:12 +0000
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cygwin port
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@@ -253,14 +253,6 @@ closed pipe. You will see the following messages:
At least for consistency with WinNT, you should keep the recommended
value.
-=item * Checking how std your stdio is...
-
-Configure reports:
-
- Your stdio doesn't appear very std.
-
-This is correct.
-
=item * Compiler/Preprocessor defines
The following error occurs because of the Cygwin C<#define> of
@@ -582,6 +574,10 @@ On WinNT Cygwin provides setuid(), seteuid(), setgid() and setegid().
However, additional Cygwin calls for manipulating WinNT access tokens
and security contexts are required.
+When building DLLs, `C<dllwrap --export-all-symbols>' is used to export
+global symbols. It might be better to generate an explicit F<.def> file
+(see F<makedef.pl>). Also, DLLs can now be build with `C<gcc -shared>'.
+
=head1 AUTHORS
Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>,
@@ -593,4 +589,4 @@ Teun Burgers <burgers@ecn.nl>.
=head1 HISTORY
-Last updated: 7 November 2000
+Last updated: 9 November 2000