From: Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US) <jason.j.pyeron.ctr@mail.mil>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:48:23 GMT
Subject: RE: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2012, #03; Tue, 13)
Message-ID: <871B6C10EBEFE342A772D1159D13208537AA4518@umechphj.easf.csd.disa.mil>
In-Reply-To: <50A2B14C.9040608@web.de>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Torsten Bögershausen
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:45 PM
> 
> > * ml/cygwin-mingw-headers (2012-11-12) 1 commit
> >  - Update cygwin.c for new mingw-64 win32 api headers
> >
> >  Make git work on newer cygwin.
> >
> >  Will merge to 'next'.
> 
> (Sorry for late answer, I managed to test the original patch minutes
> before Peff merged it to pu)
> (And thanks for maintaining git)
> 
> Is everybody using cygwin happy with this?
> 
> I managed to compile on a fresh installed cygwin,
> but failed to compile under 1.7.7, see below.
> Is there a way we can achieve to compile git both under "old" and "new"
> cygwin 1.7 ?
> Or is this not worth the effort?

Only supporting the new cygwin would make sense. You have to work hard at using older cygwin environments. I will give it a spin later today or tomorrow.

-Jason