On Jul 7 12:28, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: > Wouldn't it be useful to use another name for the openssl DLL like I did > for perl (cygperl-5.8.dll instead of including the micro version)?
Can you elaborate, please? If you mean that the DLL should be just named 0.9 instead of differing between 0.9.7 and 0.9.8, etc, then the answer is no. As I mentioned already, the versions are not binary compatible. You can't expect all applications linked against 0.9.7 to run under 0.9.8, and this was already the case when the step from 0.9.6 to 0.9.7 has been made. Compatible versions are marked by a trailing character. The next binary compatible bugfix release will be name 0.9.8a, then 0.9.8b, etc. In this case, the name of the DLL will be kept the same, of course. Btw., this isn't Cygwin specific, but the same situation on all platforms. Blame the version scheme of OpenSSL (even the core developers aren't happy with it). Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:[email protected] Red Hat, Inc.
