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author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2016-03-18 22:52:04 +0100 |
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committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2016-03-18 22:52:04 +0100 |
commit | 83029bb69e2ccb47ab5546551210b59c4d483198 (patch) | |
tree | 25304b297da81896362545710520022b5a31d004 /winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | |
parent | 97d1536d17aa72a3ff26d6dff8c451ce50be2665 (diff) | |
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Remove references to older Cygwin releases from documentation
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
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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> |