summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2016-03-18 22:52:04 +0100
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2016-03-18 22:52:04 +0100
commit83029bb69e2ccb47ab5546551210b59c4d483198 (patch)
tree25304b297da81896362545710520022b5a31d004 /winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
parent97d1536d17aa72a3ff26d6dff8c451ce50be2665 (diff)
downloadcygnal-83029bb69e2ccb47ab5546551210b59c4d483198.tar.gz
cygnal-83029bb69e2ccb47ab5546551210b59c4d483198.tar.bz2
cygnal-83029bb69e2ccb47ab5546551210b59c4d483198.zip
Remove references to older Cygwin releases from documentation
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/faq-using.xml')
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/faq-using.xml25
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
index 66e133bfa..76f9058b5 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
@@ -772,9 +772,8 @@ of this is perl's configuration script, which wants
tell the difference between files with just different case, so the
configuration fails.
</para>
-<para>To help with this problem, Cygwin supports case sensitivity
-starting with Cygwin 1.7.0. For a detailed description how to use that
-feature see the Cygwin User's Guilde at
+<para>To help with this problem, Cygwin supports case sensitivity. For a
+detailed description how to use that feature see the Cygwin User's Guide at
<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html"/>.
</para>
@@ -793,8 +792,7 @@ interesting. E.g., the perl distribution has a file called
letters 'aux' in it will hang.
</para>
<para>At least that's what happens when using native Windows tools. Cygwin
-1.7.0 and later can deal with these filenames just fine. Again, see the
-User's Guide at
+can deal with these filenames just fine. Again, see the User's Guide at
<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html"/>
for a detailed description of what's possible with filenames and what is not.
</para>
@@ -950,14 +948,13 @@ two packages:</para>
<question><para>Why don't some of my old symlinks work anymore?</para></question>
<answer>
-<para>Beginning with Cygwin 1.7, Cygwin supports multiple character sets.
-Symlinks created with Cygwin 1.7 are using the UTF-16 character set, which is
-portable across all character sets. Old symlinks were written using your
-current Windows codepage, which is not portable across all character sets.
-If the target of the symlink doesn't resolve anymore, it's very likely that
-the symlink points to a target filename using native, non-ASCII characters,
-and you're now using another character set than way back when you created
-the symlink.</para>
+<para>Cygwin supports multiple character sets. Symlinks created with Cygwin
+are using the UTF-16 character set, which is portable across all character
+sets. Old symlinks were written using your current Windows codepage, which
+is not portable across all character sets. If the target of the symlink
+doesn't resolve anymore, it's very likely that the symlink points to a target
+filename using native, non-ASCII characters, and you're now using another
+character set than way back when you created the symlink.</para>
<para>Solution: Delete the symlink and create it again under you new Cygwin.
The new symlink will be correctly point to the target no matter what character
@@ -1054,7 +1051,7 @@ usually all set and you can start the sshd service via
</answer></qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="faq.using.ssh-pubkey-stops-working">
-<question><para>Why does public key authentication with ssh fail after updating to Cygwin 1.7.34?</para></question>
+<question><para>Why does public key authentication with ssh fail after updating to Cygwin 1.7.34 or later?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>