This announcement is in two parts. One details the differences between this 1.2.1-1/cygwin-1.5.1 test release and the earlier 1.2.0-1/cygwin-1.5.0 test release. The second is a more generic announcement concerning the changes in the test series (1.2.x) releases and the current (1.1.x) releases)
---- differences from cygutils-1.2.0-1 ---- * recompiled against cygwin-1.5.1 kernel and cygipc-2.01-1 *shared* libcygipc. * Moved documentation to /usr/share/* * Because cygipc is now a DLL, we SHOULD list cygipc as a requirement for cygutils. But, I don't really want to force everyone who wants lpr.exe to download cygipc. So, I do NOT list cygipc as a requires: for this pacakge -- it shouldn't matter, anyway: the other progs will be fine without libcygipc, and the ipc tools don't work anyway if ipc-daemon2.exe isn't running even if it IS installed. But, the only way for ipc-daemon2.exe to run, is if libcygipc is installed. So, we're covered. ---- generic announcement about cygutils-1.2.x series ---- Updated and recompiled for 1.5.1 kernel. There are a few changes/additions: 1. Documentation moved to /usr/share/* 2. Added ipcs.exe, ipcrm.exe (with man pages). These programs previously were part of the cygipc package. However, once cygserver is ready, these should also be compile-able against it. So, this is a forward-looking addition. At present, these apps are linked against the cygcygipc-2.dll shared version of the cygipc library. 3. Ditto ipck script 4. Now actually compile the semtool, shmtool, msgtool, and semstat programs. Previously, because cygipc was not an official package, I did not actually include these binaries in the distribution, even though the cygutils source package contained them (they require libcygipc to build; but should also work with cygserver when the time comes). Again, these apps are linked against the cygcygipc-2.dll shared version of the cygipc library. Note that the ipcs and ipcrm source code is the version that originated from cygipc, which is different from that provided in the util-linux package on most linux systems. Later on, I may consider switching over to util-linux-derived code; but that can wait. -- Charles Wilson cygwin at removespam cwilson dot fastmail dot fm
