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* Update FAQ listing required packages for building Cygwincygwin-masterJon Turney2016-06-281-8/+7
| | | | | docbook2X is now required for building documentation libiconv differences between x86_64 and x86 no longer exist
* Switching the Cygwin DLL to LGPLv3+, dropping commercial buyout optioncygwin-2_5_2-releaseCorinna Vinschen2016-06-231-12/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bump GPLv2+ to GPLv3+ for some files, clarify BSD 2-clause. Everything else stays under GPLv3+. New Linking Exception exempts resulting executables from LGPLv3 section 4. Add CONTRIBUTORS file to keep track of licensing. Remove 'Copyright Red Hat Inc' comments. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Git is Git, not GITAdam Dinwoodie2016-05-241-1/+1
| | | | Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Remove Mingw.org from FAQ, or replace with Mingw-w64.Corinna Vinschen2016-03-211-11/+7
| | | | | | | * faq-api.xml: Change MingW to Mingw-w64. * faq-programming.xml: Ditto. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* faq: Update FAQ question and answer about gdb and signalsJon Turney2016-01-151-6/+13
| | | | | | * faq-programming.xml: Update question and answer about gdb and signals. Signed-off-by: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
* Improve FAQ answer on debugging CygwinJon TURNEY2015-08-051-4/+22
| | | | | | | | | | | Improve FAQ answer on debugging Cygwin to mention the cygwin-debuginfo package and the gdb command 'set cygwin-exceptions on'. 2015-08-03 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> * faq-programming.xml: Improve debugging-cygwin answer. Signed-off-by: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
* Change CVS->GIT in docsCorinna Vinschen2015-03-101-6/+6
| | | | Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* * Throughout, replace http with https as far as cygwin.com andCorinna Vinschen2015-02-031-118/+17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sourceware.org URLs are concerned. * Throughout, simplify ulink expressions if the visible text is the URL anyway. * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.dll-relocatable): Remove. * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.name-with-space): Change for 1.7.34. (faq.setup.home): Ditto. * faq-using.xml (faq.using.printing): Clarify old links and availability of a2ps and file. (faq.using.xemacs): Drop outdated version info and pointers to native XEmacs. (faq.using.ntemacs): Remove. * faq-what.xml (faq.what.what): Rephrase to reflect reality. (faq.what.supported): Ditto. (faq.what.who): Rephrase slightly. * legal.xml: Bump copyright. * setup-net.xml (internet-setup): Fix references to setup executables.
* * Makefile.in: Throughout use parenthesis instead of braces whereCorinna Vinschen2014-08-141-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | appropriate. (DBXDIRS): Remove. (XSLTPROC): Define for symmetry. Use throughout. (clean): Drop removing cygwin-api.xml and doctool.*. (cygwin-api.xml): Drop rule. (doctool): Drop rule. (Makefile.dep): Add dependency to cygwin-api.xml. * cygwin-api.in.xml: Rename to cygwin-api.xml. Convert includes to XML XInclude style. * doctool.c: Remove. * doctool.txt: Remove. * faq-programming.xml: Drop reference to local utils.xml file. * path.xml: Moved from ../cygwin and converted to XML. * posix.xml: Ditto. * using.xml: Drop relative path from utils.xml include. * utils.xml: Moved from ../utils.
* * faq-programming.xml: Add gettext-devel to list of packages needed to buildChristopher Faylor2014-06-171-1/+1
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* * faq-programming.xml: Update packages needed to build Cygwin.Corinna Vinschen2014-01-071-4/+12
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* * faq-programming.xml: Convert url to refer to new flat faq.html file.Corinna Vinschen2013-06-051-2/+2
| | | | | | * faq-setup.xml: Ditto. * faq-using.xml: Ditto. * highlights.xml: Ditto.
* Modernized user guide, API reference, and FAQ generation. OverallWarren Young2013-05-011-0/+8
| | | | | | effect is to move away from DocBook SGML and DJ Delorie's doctool and toward pure DocBook XSL. (There remains just one use of doctool, and we have plans for replacing it, too.) See ChangeLog for details.
* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.64bitporting): Fix typo.Corinna Vinschen2013-04-251-1/+1
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* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.64bitporting): Extend entry.Corinna Vinschen2013-04-251-9/+134
| | | | | (faq.programming.64bitporting-fail): New entry. (faq.programming.64bitporting-cygwin64): New entry.
* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.64bitporting): Mention theCorinna Vinschen2013-04-241-1/+5
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* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.64bitporting): New FAQ entry.Corinna Vinschen2013-04-241-41/+155
| | | | | | | | (faq.programming.objective-c): Include gcc4. (faq.programming.make-execvp): Drop text discouraging usage of -j. (faq.programming.undeclared-functions): Drop entry. (faq.programming.x86-assembly): Ditto. (faq.programming.djgpp): Ditto.
* * faq-programming.xml: Remove reference to "make check".Christopher Faylor2013-01-231-3/+2
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* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.unix-gui): Update toYaakov Selkowitz2012-07-181-14/+38
| | | | reflect the availability of X11 toolkits on Cygwin.
* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.objective-c): Update for gcc4.Yaakov Selkowitz2012-04-231-10/+8
| | | | | | (faq.programming.win32-api): -mwindows does include -lcomdlg32. (faq.programming.win32-no-cygwin): Update for removal of -mno-cygwin. * overview2.sgml (ov-ex-win): Ditto.
* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.make-execvp): Remove obsoleteYaakov Selkowitz2012-03-011-17/+2
| | | | | | | information about Tcl/Tk. (faq.programming.dll-relocatable): Ditto. * faq-using.xml (faq.using.tcl-tk): Rewrite to reflect switch to X11 Tcl/Tk.
* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.win32-api): Remove simplicity.Corinna Vinschen2010-08-131-4/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Add note and xrefs to User's Guide chapters explaining restrictions using the Win32 API. * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Add note about Win CWD. * overview2.sgml (ov-hi-intro): Add note and xrefs about Win32 API restrictions. Tone down flexibility. * pathnames.sgml (pathnames-intro): Add xref to pathnames-win32-api section. (pathnames-win32-api): New section describing Win32 CWD restriction. * setup2.sgml (setup-env-ov): New sub-section. (setup-env-win32): Ditto, describing Win32 environment restriction.
* * Makefile.in: Use "xmlto pdf" instead of docbook2pdf.Yaakov Selkowitz2010-06-271-1/+1
| | | | | | | Force the dblatex backend, as the default passivetex does not work. * README: Replace docbook-utils dependency with dblatex. Update required docbook-xml version. * faq-programming.xml: Ditto.
* * faq-programming.xml: Update for Cygwin docbook-utils package.Yaakov Selkowitz2010-02-021-1/+1
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* * faq: Throughout, revert references to User's Guide to default URL.Corinna Vinschen2009-07-201-4/+4
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* * setup2.sgml (setup-locale-console): New section to explainCorinna Vinschen2009-04-071-4/+4
| | | | | | | | console character set setting. * faq: Throughout, change references to User's Guide to references to 1.7 User's Guide temporarily. * faq-setup.html (faq.using.unicode): Rephrase slightly. (faq.using.weirdchars): New FAQ entry for console charset problems.
* * faq-programming.xml: Revamp (mostely) for Cygwin 1.7.Corinna Vinschen2009-02-111-89/+50
| | | | * faq-what.xml: Ditto.
* ChangeLog:Corinna Vinschen2009-01-211-3/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * configure.in: Remove --enable-server option. Allways add the cygserver directory to $SUBDIRS. * configure: Regenerate. cygwin/ChangeLog: Remove USE_SERVER define. Accommodate throughout. * configure.in: Remove --enable-server option. * configure: Regenerate. * environ.cc: Remove CYGWIN=server setting. cygserver/ChangeLog: * client.cc (allow_server): Remove variable. (client_request_get_version::client_request_get_version): Drop checking allow_server. utils/ChangeLog: * passwd.c: Remove CYGWIN=server requirement from usage text. doc/ChangeLog: * cygserver.sgml: Remove the "How to use the Cygserver services" section. * cygwinenv.sgml: Move "(no)server" to the removed options section. * faq-programming.xml: Remove CYGWIN=server requirement for running the Cygwin testsuite. * ntsec.sgml: Ditto for using `passwd -R'.
* * faq-programming.xml: Clarify where to run "make check".Christopher Faylor2007-08-121-2/+3
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* faq.using.chmod faq.programming.adjusting-heapJoshua Daniel Franklin2006-04-051-2/+2
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* Move cocom to the build requirements.Joshua Daniel Franklin2006-01-281-2/+2
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* Add top-level READMEJoshua Daniel Franklin2006-01-271-26/+18
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* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.ipc): Add new FAQ aboutJoshua Daniel Franklin2006-01-271-0/+14
| | | | | | cygserver and its relation to the "Bad system call" error. * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.uninstall-all): Mention postgresql. * overview2.sgml: Update security info on shared memory.
* * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.building-cygwin): AddJoshua Daniel Franklin2006-01-261-5/+12
| | | | | | | list of packages required for building and exact check instructions. * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.uninstall-service): New instructions on uninstalling a cygwin service. (faq.setup.uninstall-all): Reference new service uninstall FAQ.
* * faq-programming.xml: Add note about struct stat64.Joshua Daniel Franklin2005-12-131-0/+8
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* 2005-10-02 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>Joshua Daniel Franklin2005-10-021-13/+25
| | | | | * faq-what.xml: Add 2003 and WOW64 to "supported" FAQ. * faq-programming.xml: Fix cygexec FAQ, building link.
* 2005-09-25 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>Joshua Daniel Franklin2005-09-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | * faq.xml: Remove copyright section, link to license.html * faq-sections.xml: Remove copyright section, link to license.html * faq-programming.xml: Remove confusing reference to Red Hat. * faq-what.xml: Reword "supported" FAQ.
* Update to switch FAQ from texinfo to DocBook.Joshua Daniel Franklin2005-08-061-0/+861
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