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22 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
David Starks-Browning
26a744ad26 Contents split into how-*.texinfo. (Had gotten too big.) 2000-09-13 15:13:57 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
2ba1dec34e Update "How do I rebuild the tools on my NT box?": add links to ancillary doc tools. 2000-09-12 13:40:36 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
8b99c9afcd minor formatting fixes 2000-08-25 13:33:38 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
a010a6e732 Remove obsolete entries:
- 'Why is gcc failing'
 - 'Why can't bison find bison.simple or bison.hairy?'
Remove disclaimer from up-to-date entries (possibly with some minor changes):
 - 'How is fork() implemented?'
 - 'How do symbolic links work?'
 - 'How do I compile a Win32 executable that doesn't use Cygwin?'
 - 'How do I make the console window go away?'
 - 'Why does make complain about a "missing separator"?'
 - 'Why can't we redistribute Microsoft's Win32 headers?'
 - 'How can I debug what's going on?'
 - 'Can I use a system trace mechanism instead?'
 - 'Can I use the gdb debugger to debug programs built by VC++?'
 - 'Where can I find info on x86 assembly?'
 - 'Why not use DJGPP?'
2000-07-27 22:06:27 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
7d91a669e8 Entry 'How do anti-virus programs like Cygwin?': Remove disclaimer; hanging
when unpacking tar.gz archives.
2000-07-27 21:29:19 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
f11319a8f7 Entry 'How should I set my PATH?': Don't omit Windows system directories. 2000-07-27 21:13:16 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
738c2431e5 New entry (Programming Questions): 'Why doesn't gdb handle signals?' 2000-07-25 21:35:08 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
53d1fe2a5c Entry 'Is the Cygwin library multi-thread-safe?': Update for latest release. 2000-07-25 21:16:44 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
3637f333ed Entry 'Are mixed-case filenames possible with Cygwin?': Expand slightly,
add reference to coolview.
2000-07-25 20:49:59 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
74b29f02d9 New entry (Cygwin API Questions): 'Is there a mouse interface?' -- No. 2000-07-25 20:13:38 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
717a3d7b37 Entry 'Can I use my own malloc?': Add warning about _malloc_r from newlib. 2000-07-25 19:50:31 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
7e0482eecd Entry 'Is it OK to have multiple copies of the DLL?':
Emphasise that no, it's not OK.
2000-07-25 19:17:31 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
3cf421356f Changed 'sourceware.cygnus.com' to 'sources.redhat.com' in the FAQ, where appropriate. 2000-07-25 19:00:29 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
f88cc35383 "Posting Guidelines": New name for old entry.
"Multiple copies of DLL":  shared region corrupt error message.
"Why the weird directory structure": re-wrote for latest.
"Symlinks on Samba": fix typo.
"Where is glibc": new entry.
"HT build relocatable dll": (interim update) link to Carl Thompson's message in cygwin list.
"Can I mix msvc++ and gcc objects": remove disclaimer.
2000-07-04 16:17:57 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
a9ba336498 Tidied up formatting a bit.
New entries:
	How do I convert between Windows and UNIX paths?
	Why are compiled executables so huge?!?
2000-06-14 16:34:57 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
1edefdeb85 Fix simple @-error. 2000-06-13 19:52:51 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
fe871355b5 New entry: "How should I set my PATH?" 2000-06-13 16:30:58 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
a15ada7034 Removed a couple of "not yet updated" disclaimers.
New entry: "info error "dir: No such file or directory""
2000-06-13 16:12:44 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
a50b13da06 Merge "Installation and Setup" and "Using Cygwin Releases" to simply
"Using Cygwin".  Significant update to "How can I access other drives?".
2000-06-12 21:46:19 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
c533072f51 Major update to "Where can I get more information?" section. Now includes:
- Posting guidelines
	- Pointers to User's Guide, API Reference, USENIX paper
	- Pointer to alternate searchable mail archive (www.delorie.com)
	- Addresses for commercial & CD-ROM inquiries
2000-06-07 10:38:47 +00:00
David Starks-Browning
eeefccfcd1 Preliminary update to FAQ to reflect latest net release.
(So far, just a new title, some minor updates, and a disclaimer in each
section that has to be updated for the net release, or at least looked at.)
2000-05-11 16:19:21 +00:00
Christopher Faylor
1fd5e000ac import winsup-2000-02-17 snapshot 2000-02-17 19:38:33 +00:00