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888 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
David Starks-Browning 6642e617bb Minor changes. 2000-08-25 12:57:19 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 25685bb107 * fhandler-tut.txt: hinfo -> dtable. 2000-08-18 19:52:31 +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
Corinna Vinschen 99fd83eb67 * ntsec.sgml: Add description for the new setuid ability
of Cygwin since release 1.1.3.
        * overview2.sgml: Add description for new chroot functionality.
        * calls.texinfo: Add missing calls. Change comments for
        setuid, setgid, seteuid, setegid, chroot.
2000-07-20 11:04:33 +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 6680b6a589 "Contents": Add package opengl. 2000-07-04 16:10:32 +00:00
David Starks-Browning fe905b6259 Rewrote "Adding or updating packages",
plus a few other minor changes.
2000-06-14 20:56:56 +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 3092135d8c Minor changes, also add note about deleting temp dir after setup. 2000-06-14 16:08:03 +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 20fe2a85bc "Installation using the setup.exe program": minor note not to mess with
default mounts.
"Adding or updating packages": full instructions now, not just links to ml.
New:
subsection "Problems running setup.exe"
subsubsection "Error message: "Unable to retrieve the list of cygwin mirrors...""
subsubsection "System hangs when unpacking tar archives"
2000-06-13 14:58:35 +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 3e4ea2bf5e minor typo correction: GNU not Gnu 2000-06-07 10:28:36 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 1e04e08737 "Installation Instructions" for FAQ, first update for current net release. 2000-06-02 17:17:53 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 2f32d93f81 Remove broken targets readme.info, faq.info
(at least until we know what to do with them)
2000-05-31 15:19:47 +00:00
David Starks-Browning eadffa103e manually updated some sites (txt version badly formatted, dont know why) 2000-05-16 15:38:47 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 6890a5097f update README to latest net release, if only in name 2000-05-16 15:37:05 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 00d48dd71c fix dependencies for readme.txt 2000-05-16 15:13:49 +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
Corinna Vinschen a939e045e7 * ntsec.sgml: Revisited description of `ntsec' according to
the changes in release 1.1.
        * setup.sgml: Include ntsec.
        * setup-net.sgml: Ditto.
2000-05-02 22:26:41 +00:00
DJ Delorie 7916b1efda don't put api internals in general tarball 2000-04-19 02:35:06 +00:00
DJ Delorie ca271663ab add commands for building a doc kitchen-sink-tarball 2000-04-19 02:31:45 +00:00
DJ Delorie 05357ffef2 clean up SGML for latest version of jade/docbook 2000-04-19 00:55:19 +00:00
Christopher Faylor fd5afe2066 * MAINTAINERS: Add Ron Parker as maintainer of cinstall stuff.
Add ChangeLog to doc directory.
2000-03-31 04:46:47 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 1fd5e000ac import winsup-2000-02-17 snapshot 2000-02-17 19:38:33 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 369d8a8fd5 import winsup-2000-02-17 snapshot 2000-02-17 19:38:31 +00:00