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* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to binmode/textmode 

link libs.
	* textbinary.sgml (textbin-devel): Ditto.
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2010-08-30 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to binmode/textmode
link libs.
* textbinary.sgml (textbin-devel): Ditto.
2010-08-28 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to avoid DLL

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See the <ulink url="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2269637.mspx">Microsoft Security Advisory (2269637) "Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution"</ulink> for details.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Allow to link against -lbinmode instead of /lib/binmode.o. Same for
-ltextmode, -ltextreadmode and -lautomode.
See <xref linkend="textbin-devel"></xref> for details.
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</itemizedlist>
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$ gcc my_tiny_app.c /lib/binmode.o -o my_tiny_app
</screen>
<para>Starting with Cygwin 1.7.7, you can use the even simpler:</para>
<screen>
$ gcc my_tiny_app.c -lbinmode -o my_tiny_app
</screen>
<para>This adds code which sets the default open mode for all files
opened by <command>my_tiny_app</command> to binary for reading and
writing.</para>
<para>Cygwin provides the following object files to set the default open mode
just by linking an application against them:</para>
<para>Cygwin provides the following libraries and object files to set the
default open mode just by linking an application against them:</para>
<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<screen>
/lib/automode.o - Open files for reading in textmode
Open files for writing in binary mode
/lib/libautomode.a - Open files for reading in textmode,
/lib/automode.o open files for writing in binary mode
</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<screen>
/lib/binmode.o - Open files for reading and writing in binary mode
/lib/libbinmode.a - Open files for reading and writing in binary mode
/lib/binmode.o
</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<screen>
/lib/textmode.o - Open files for reading and writing in textmode
/lib/libtextmode.a - Open files for reading and writing in textmode
/lib/textmode.o
</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<screen>
/lib/textreadmode.o - Open files for reading in textmode
Keep default behaviour for writing.
/lib/libtextreadmode.a - Open files for reading in textmode,
/lib/textreadmode.o keep default behaviour for writing.
</screen>
</listitem>