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* Add latest changes to release messageCorinna Vinschen2016-04-051-0/+10
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* Add release message for 792e51bCorinna Vinschen2016-03-291-1/+14
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* Remove references to older Cygwin releases from documentationCorinna Vinschen2016-03-181-13/+13
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* Add release message for commit 7346568Thomas Wolff2016-03-171-0/+6
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* Add commit 5807ba83e release message to documentationCorinna Vinschen2016-03-101-1/+8
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* Cygwin: Document new POSIX ACL APICorinna Vinschen2016-03-081-0/+22
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* cygwin: Export clog10, clog10fYaakov Selkowitz2016-02-221-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | winsup/cygwin/ * common.din: Add clog10, clog10f. * include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_API_MINOR): Bump. winsup/doc/ * new-features.xml (ov-new2.5): Mention clog10, clog10f. * posix.xml (std-gnu): Add clog10, clog10f. Signed-off-by: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com>
* Update Cygwin release notes.Corinna Vinschen2016-02-181-0/+4
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* Bump Cygwin version to 2.5.0Corinna Vinschen2016-02-131-0/+20
| | | | | | Add a release file. Add release text to documentation. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Convert utmp{x}name to int, return useful value. Define _PATH_UTMPXCorinna Vinschen2016-01-071-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | * syscalls.cc (utmpname): Convert to int. Return 0 if strdup worked, -1 otherwise. * include/utmpx.h (_PATH_UTMPX): Define as _PATH_UTMP. (utmpxname): Declare as int function. * include/sys/utmp.h (utmpname): Ditto. * include/cygwin/version.h: Bump API minor version. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* setfacl(1): Rewrite support for mask recomputationCorinna Vinschen2015-12-211-2/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * setfacl.cc (modacl): Move recomputing mask into new function. (check_got_mask): New function checking if mask is in input. (recompute_mask): New function to recompute mask. (addmissing): Align mask computation to Linux setfacl. (setfacl): Call check_got_mask and recompute_mask on Set, Delete and Modify actions. (usage): Rename --substitute to --set. (longopts): Add --set option. * utils.xml (setfacl): Rename --substitute to --set. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.4): Rephrase setfacl changes. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Allow cygwin_conv_path(3) and cygpath(1) to emit /proc/cygdrive prefixed pathCorinna Vinschen2015-12-061-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * include/sys/cygwin.h (CCP_PROC_CYGDRIVE): New flag. * mount.cc (mount_info::cygdrive_posix_path): Take flag values rather than just a trailing_slash_p bool. Emit /proc/cygdrive path if CCP_PROC_CYGDRIVE flag is given. (mount_info::conv_to_posix_path): Take flag values rather than just a keep_rel_p bool. Rename _p variables. Print flag value as hex in debug_printf. Call cygdrive_posix_path with flag values. * mount.h (mount_info::cygdrive_posix_path): Accommodate above change in declaration. (mount_info::conv_to_posix_path): Ditto. * fhandler_process.cc (format_process_exename): Accommodate change to mount_info::conv_to_posix_path. * path.cc (cygwin_conv_path): Ditto. * cygpath.cc (absolute_flag): Initialize to CCP_RELATIVE to simplify expressions. (cygdrive_flag): New global flag. (long_options): Add --proc-cygdrive option. (options): Add -U option. (usage): Add description for -U option. (do_sysfolders): Or cygdrive_flag to cygwin_conv_path call. (do_pathconv): Simply or absolute_flag to conv_func. Or cygdrive_flag to conv_func. (do_options): Initalize absolute_flag to CCP_RELATIVE. Initialize new cygdrive_flag. Set absolute_flag to CCP_ABSOLUTE on -a. Set cygdrive_flag to CCP_PROC_CYGDRIVE on -U. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.4): Document cygpath -U option. * utils.xml (cygpath): Ditto. * path.xml (func-cygwin-path): Add CCP_PROC_CYGDRIVE description. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Fix numeric and monetary decimal point and thousands separator in fa_IR and ↵Corinna Vinschen2015-11-211-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ps_AF locales * nlsfuncs.cc (setlocaleinfo): New macro calling __setlocaleinfo. (__setlocaleinfo): New function to set a locale-specific character to an explicit wchar_t value. (__set_lc_numeric_from_win): Handle fa_IR and ps_AF locales to return same decimal point and thousands separator characters as on Linux. (__set_lc_monetary_from_win): Ditto for monetary characters. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Document new ACL codeCorinna Vinschen2015-11-181-0/+23
| | | | | | * new-features.xml (ov-new2.4): Add new ACL changes. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* setfacl: Allow to combine -b and -k optionsCorinna Vinschen2015-11-181-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * setfacl.c (action_t): Rename DeleteAll to DeleteExt. Add DeleteAll. Rearrange for bit-wise testing later in the code. (delallacl): Handle -b -k combination. (setfacl): Handle DeleteExt/DeleteAll. (usage): Fix -b/-k output. Rearrange output to better fill 80 columns. (main): Allow to combine -b and -k. * utils.xml (setfacl): Accommodate -b/-k change. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.3): Add setfacl -b/-k change. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* cygwin: export rpmatch(3)Yaakov Selkowitz2015-11-171-0/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | winsup/cygwin/ * common.din (rpmatch): Export. * include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_API_MINOR): Bump. winsup/doc/ * new-features.xml (ov-new2.4): New section. Document rpmatch. * posix.xml (std-bsd): Add rpmatch. Signed-off-by: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com>
* Add support for Parallels Desktop FS (prlfs)Corinna Vinschen2015-11-021-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * mount.h (enum fs_info_type): Add prlfs (Parallels Desktop FS). (class fs_info): Add has_broken_fnoi flag. Implement prlfs FS flag. * mount.cc (fs_info::update): Handle PrlFS. Fill new has_broken_fnoi flag with life. (fs_names): Add prlfs. * globals.cc (ro_u_prlfs): Define. * path.h (path_conv::has_broken_fnoi): New method. * path.cc (symlink_info::check): Call file_get_fnoi utilizing new has_broken_fnoi filesystem flag. * fhandler_disk_file.cc (fhandler_base::fstat_by_handle): Ditto. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.3): Document Parallels Desktop FS support. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* strftime: Add support for %s (seconds since epoch)Brian Inglis2015-10-271-0/+4
| | | | | | | * libc/time/strftime.c (__strftime): add support for %s (seconds from Unix epoch). Fix whitespaces. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Export aligned_alloc, at_quick_exit, quick_exit.Corinna Vinschen2015-10-221-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | * common.din (aligned_alloc): Export. (at_quick_exit): Export. (quick_exit): Export. * posix.xml (std-iso): New section. (std-deprec): Rearrange title text. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.3): Document aligned_alloc, at_quick_exit, Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Allow sysconf to return CPU cache informationCorinna Vinschen2015-08-291-0/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * include/sys/unistd.h (_SC_LEVEL*): Add cache-related variables as on Linux. * fhandler_proc.cc (format_proc_cpuinfo): Fetch cache information from new cache functions in sysconf.cc, get_cpu_cache_intel and get_cpu_cache_amd. * sysconf.cc (__nt_query_system): New local helper. (get_nproc_values): Utilize __nt_query_system on pre-Windows 7 systems. Use GetLogicalProcessorInformationEx otherwise to handle more than 64 CPUs. Only handle _SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF and _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN. (get_phys_pages): New helper to handle _SC_PHYS_PAGES. (cpuid2_cache_descriptor): New array to map Intel CPUID 2 descriptor values to cache type, cache size, associativity and linesize. (cpuid2_cache_desc_compar): Comparision function for bsearch over cpuid2_cache_descriptor. (get_cpu_cache_intel_cpuid2): New function to fetch cache info from Intel CPUID 2. (get_cpu_cache_intel_cpuid4): Ditto from Intel CPUID 4. (get_cpu_cache_intel): New function as CPU-specific entry point. (assoc): New array to map associativity values from AMD CPUID 0x80000006. (get_cpu_cache_amd): New function to fetch cache info from AMD CPUIDs 0x80000005 and 0x80000006. (get_cpu_cache): New function to fetch cache info. (sca): Call get_phys_pages if _SC_PHYS_PAGES is requested. Call get_cpu_cache for new _SC_* cache requests. (SC_MAX): Set to _SC_LEVEL4_CACHE_LINESIZE. (get_phys_pages(void)): Call get_phys_pages(int). * include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_API_MINOR): Bump. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.3): Document sysconf cache addition. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Implement POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED/POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED for newer OSesCorinna Vinschen2015-08-271-0/+16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * autoload.cc (DiscardVirtualMemory): Import. (PrefetchVirtualMemory): Import. * mmap.cc (posix_madvise): Actually implement POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED utilizing PrefetchVirtualMemory and POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED utilizing DiscardVirtualMemory on systems supporting them. * wincap.h (wincaps::has_broken_prefetchvm): New element. * wincap.cc: Implement above element throughout. (wincapc::init): Make sure has_broken_prefetchvm is only true on W10 under WOW64. * include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MAJOR): Bump to 2003. (CYGWIN_VERSION_API_MINOR): Reset to 0. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.3): New section, document posix_madvise POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED/POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED change. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Cygwin: Implement siglongjmp and sigsetjmp functions.Corinna Vinschen2015-07-211-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * libc/include/machine/setjmp.h (siglongjmp): Declare as function on Cygwin. (sigsetjmp): Ditto. (_longjmp): Mark as noreturn function on Cygwin. * common.din (siglongjmp): Export. (sigsetjmp): Export. * gendef: Change formatting of some comments. (sigsetjmp): Implement. (siglongjmp): Implement. (__setjmpex): x86_64 only: Drop entry point. (setjmp): x86_64 only: Store tls stackptr in Frame now, store MXCSR and FPUCW registers in Spare, as MSVCRT does. (longjmp): x86_64 only: Restore tls stackptr from Frame now, restore MXCSR and FPUCW registers from Spare. * include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_API_MINOR): Bump. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.2): Document sigsetjmp, siglongjmp. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Implement getcontext, setcontext, makecontext, swapcontextCorinna Vinschen2015-07-171-0/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * common.din (getcontext): Export. (makecontext): Export. (setcontext): Export. (swapcontext): Export. * exceptions.cc (__unwind_single_frame): New static functions, 64 bit only. (setcontext): New function. (getcontext): New function. (swapcontext): New function. (__cont_link_context): New function. (makecontext): New function. * include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MAJOR): Bump to 2002. (CYGWIN_VERSION_API_MINOR): Bump. * include/ucontext.h (getcontext): Add prototype. (setcontext): Ditto. (swapcontext): Ditto. (makecontext): Ditto. * ntdll.h (NtContinue): Ditto. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.2): Add new section. Document getcontext, setcontext, makecontext, swapcontext. * posix.xml (std-deprec): Add getcontext, setcontext, makecontext, swapcontext. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Implement correct RLIMIT_STACK handlingCorinna Vinschen2015-07-051-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * miscfuncs.cc (struct pthread_wrapper_arg): Add member guardsize. (pthread_wrapper): Set thread stack guarantee according to guardsize. Tweak assembler code so that $rax/$eax is not required by GCC to prepare the wrapper_arg value. (CygwinCreateThread): Fix deadzone handling. Drop setting a "POSIX" guardpage (aka page w/ PAGE_NOACCESS). Always use Windows guard pages instead. On post-XP systems (providing SetThreadStackGuarantee) always set up stack Windows like with reserved/commited areas and movable guard pages. Only on XP set up stack fully commited if the guardpage size is not the default system guardpage size. Fill out pthread_wrapper_arg::guardsize. Improve comments. * resource.cc: Implement RSTACK_LIMIT Linux-like. (DEFAULT_STACKSIZE): New macro. (DEFAULT_STACKGUARD): Ditto. (rlimit_stack_guard): New muto. (rlimit_stack): New global variable holding current RSTACK_LIMIT values. (__set_rlimit_stack): Set rlimit_stack under lock. (__get_rlimit_stack): Initialize rlimit_stack from executable header and return rlimit_stack values under lock. (get_rlimit_stack): Filtering function to return useful default stacksize from rlimit_stack.rlim_cur value. (getrlimit): Call __get_rlimit_stack in RLIMIT_STACK case. (setrlimit): Call __set_rlimit_stack in RLIMIT_STACK case. * thread.cc (pthread::create): Fetch default stacksize calling get_rlimit_stack. (pthread_attr::pthread_attr): Fetch default guardsize calling wincap.def_guard_page_size. (pthread_attr_getstacksize): Fetch default stacksize calling get_rlimit_stack. * thread.h (PTHREAD_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE): Remove. (PTHREAD_DEFAULT_GUARDSIZE): Remove. (get_rlimit_stack): Declare. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Add alternate signal stack to docsCorinna Vinschen2015-06-201-0/+10
| | | | | | | * new-features.xml (ov-new2.1): Add alterante signal stack info. * posix.xml (std-susv4): Move sigaltstack here. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Add sethostnameCorinna Vinschen2015-06-171-1/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | * net.cc (sethostname): New function. * common.din (sethostname): Export * include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MAJOR): Bump to 2001. (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MINOR): Set to 0. * new-features.xml (ov-new): Rename from ov-new1.7. (ov-new2.1): Add new section. Document sethostname. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Bump Cygwin version to 2.0.0.Corinna Vinschen2015-04-231-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | * include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MAJOR): Bump to 2000. (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MINOR): Set to 0. * new-features.xml (ov-new2.0): Rename from ov-new1.7.36 and change version number to 2.0. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Document GNU basename.Corinna Vinschen2015-04-231-0/+18
| | | | | | | * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.36): Add new section. Document GNU basename. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.35): Add SIGSYS change.Corinna Vinschen2015-03-031-0/+5
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* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.35): Add new section.Corinna Vinschen2015-03-031-0/+50
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* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.34): Add wcstold.Corinna Vinschen2015-02-041-0/+4
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* * utils.xml (regtool): Clarify save action. Add description forCorinna Vinschen2015-02-031-0/+4
| | | | | restore action. * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.34): Add regtool restore.
* * Throughout, replace http with https as far as cygwin.com andCorinna Vinschen2015-02-031-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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.
* Fix typoCorinna Vinschen2015-01-271-1/+1
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* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.34): Add extension of gethostbyname2.Corinna Vinschen2015-01-231-0/+9
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* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.34): Document Solaris stdio_ext.hYaakov Selkowitz2014-12-181-0/+13
| | | | | | | functions and BSD/GNU unlocked stdio extensions. * posix.xml (std-bsd): Add BSD unlocked stdio extensions. (std-gnu): Add GNU unlocked stdio extensions. (std-solaris): Add stdio_ext.h functions.
* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.34): Add setfacl -k option.Corinna Vinschen2014-12-151-0/+5
| | | | * utils.xml (setfacl): Ditto.
* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.34): Document qsort_r and __bsd_qsort_r.Yaakov Selkowitz2014-12-051-0/+4
| | | | | | * posix.xml (std-bsd): Add qsort_r. (std-gnu): Ditto. (std-notes): Add section for qsort_r.
* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.34): Add latest changes.Corinna Vinschen2014-12-031-0/+15
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* * include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MINOR): Bump to 34.Corinna Vinschen2014-11-131-12/+15
| | | | | * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.34): Add new section. (ov-new1.7.33): Reflect intermediate 1.7.33 release.
* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Document xdr and atexit.Corinna Vinschen2014-11-051-0/+12
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* * cygwinenv.xml: Change default setting of dosfilewarning.Corinna Vinschen2014-10-281-0/+4
| | | | * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Document aforementioned change.
* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Document empty $PATH handling.Corinna Vinschen2014-10-271-2/+3
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* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Fix paragraph order.Corinna Vinschen2014-10-271-5/+5
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* * highlights.xml: Rearrange itemizedlist markup slightly.Corinna Vinschen2014-10-271-0/+5
| | | | | * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Add setfacl -b option. * utils.xml (setfacl): Ditto.
* Fix typoCorinna Vinschen2014-10-241-1/+1
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* * Makefile.in: Create install targets.Corinna Vinschen2014-10-221-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | (cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.pdf): Create subdir to allow building PDF even if subdir is missing. (cygwin-api/cygwin-api.pdf): Ditto. * configure.ac: Add AC_PROG_INSTALL rule. * configure: Regenerate. * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Add installation of docs.
* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Document stime.Yaakov Selkowitz2014-10-221-0/+4
| | | | * posix.xml (std-deprec): Add stime.
* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): s/Linux/glibc.Corinna Vinschen2014-10-221-1/+1
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* * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Update to current state.Corinna Vinschen2014-10-221-3/+59
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