Updated: libunistring-devel/5 1.4.1 (NMU) - Library for manipulating Unicode strings
Cygwin libunistring Non-Maintainer Update
Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Sat Jan 10 00:28:32 GMT 2026
This library provides functions for manipulating Unicode strings
and for manipulating C strings according to the Unicode standard.
For more information see the project home page:
https://gnu.org/software/libunistring
The following packages have been upgraded in the Cygwin distribution:
- libunistring-devel 1.4.1
- libunistring5 1.4.1
For changes since the previous Cygwin release, see below:
2025-10-05 1.4.1
- Fixed a compilation error in C++ mode.
2025-09-27 1.4
- The data tables and algorithms have been updated to Unicode version 17.0.0.
- Fixed a bug: The functions u*_grapheme_next and u*_grapheme_prev did not
work right for strings with Indic characters, Emojis, or regional indicators.
2024-10-16 1.3
- The data tables and algorithms have been updated to Unicode version 16.0.0.
- New function
uc_is_property_modifier_combining_mark
and new constant
UC_PROPERTY_MODIFIER_COMBINING_MARK.
- Fixed a bug in the *printf functions: The %ls and %lc directives could
lead to a crash on Solaris and MSVC.
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