[ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST: Cygwin 3.0.0-0.3

[Michael Haubenwallner]

Hi Corinna,

I'm missing that topic/forkables branch in the announcement - is that in?
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2017-q1/msg00053.html

Thanks!
/haubi/

On 1/30/19 10:22 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> 
> I uploaded a new Cygwin test release 3.0.0-0.3
> 
> This release comes with a couple of new features and some interesting
> bug fixes.
> 
> It also changes the output of uname(2) for newly built applications.
> Applications built so far (that includes uname(1) from coreutils)
> will still print the old uname output.  The new format allows for longer
> strings.  Compare:
> 
> Old uname content:
> 
>   sysname:  CYGWIN_NT-10.0     or  CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW   on WOW64
>   release:  3.0.0(0.335/5/3)   or  3.0.0s(0.335/5/3)    for snapshots
>   version:  2019-01-29 19:23   Local build time 
> 
> Upcoming new uname content:
> 
>   sysname:  CYGWIN_NT-10.0-17763   or  CYGWIN_NT-10.0-17763-WOW64
>   release:  3.0.0-335.x86_64       or  3.0.0-335.x86_64.snap
>   version:  2019-01-29 19:23 UTC   Build time in UTC
> 
> 
> Changes from 3.0.0-0.2:
> 
> - Fix exception handling in pthreads.
> 
> 
> Please test.
> 
> =======================================================================
> 
> What's new:
> -----------
> 
> - Support for CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE,
>   CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, CLOCK_BOOTTIME, CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM,
>   CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM clocks.
> 
> - Support for case sensitive directories.  mkdir(2) automatically
>   creates directories within the Cygwin installation dir as case
>   sensitive now.
> 
>   This feature requires Windows 10 1803 or later and WSL installed!
> 
> - New file ioctls's FS_IOC_GETFLAGS and FS_IOC_SETFLAGS.  The actual
>   inode flags are Cygwin-specific.  This allows to set or reset
>   DOS attributes, file sparseness, FS level encryption and compression,
>   as well as directory case sensitivity programatically.
> 
> - New tools chattr(1) and lsattr(1) to utilize setting and viewing the
>   aforementioned new ioctl's on the command line.
> 
> - Support for exFAT.
> 
> - Support Linux-specific open(2) flag O_PATH.
> 
> - Support Linux-specific linkat(2) flag AT_EMPTY_PATH.
> 
> - Support overrun counter for posix timers (via timer_getoverrun() or
>   siginfo_t::si_overrun).
> 
> - New APIs: signalfd, timerfd_create, timerfd_gettime, timerfd_settime,
>   timer_getoverrun.
> 
> 
> What changed:
> -------------
> 
> - clock_nanosleep, pthread_condattr_setclock and timer_create now support
>   all clocks, except CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID and CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID.
> 
> - clock_setres is a no-op now.
> 
> - Use the new POSIX unlink semantics on NTFS starting with Windows 10 1709.
>   Deleting an in-use file now actually removes the file, rather than moving
>   it to the recycler bin.
> 
> - Use the new POSIX rename semantics on NTFS starting with Windows 10 1809.
>   Renaming a file to another in-use file now actually removes the other file,
>   rather than moving it to the recycler bin.
> 
> - open(..., O_TMPFILE) now moves the file to the trash bin immediately,
>   to free the parent directory.
> 
> - Wctype functions updated to Unicode 11.0.
> 
> - Remove matherr, and SVID and X/Open math library configurations.
>   Default math library configuration is now IEEE.
> 
> - Improve uname(2) for newly built applications.
> 
> - Kerberos/MSV1_0 S4U authentication replaces two old methods:
>   Creating a token from scratch and Cygwin LSA authentication package.
> 
> 
> Bug Fixes
> ---------
> 
> - Fix a thread race when initializing CLOCK_MONOTONIC.
>   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-11/msg00017.html
> 
> - Fix early timeout from pthread_cond_timedwait.
>   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-11/msg00171.html
> 
> - Fix a bug in recognizing remote FAT/FAT32/exFAT correctly.
> 
> - Allow open(2)/stat(2)/linkat(2) of a file via /proc/PID/fd/DESCRIPTOR
>   even if file has been deleted.
>   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-12/msg00125.html
>              https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-12/msg00028.html
> 
> - Fix a bug in select(2) when polling HANDLE-less descriptors.
> 
> - Fix WEOF handling in wctype functions.
>   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-12/msg00173.html
> 
> - Fix thread names in GDB when cygthreads get reused.
> 
> - Fix return value of gethostname in a border case.
> 
> - Disallow seteuid on disabled or locked out accounts.
>   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2019-01/msg00197.html
> 
> - Fix raise to work as required by POSIX.
>   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2019-01/msg00149.html
> 
> - Fix exception handling in pthreads.
>   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2019-01/msg00149.html
> 
> =======================================================================
> 
> 
> Have fun,
> Corinna
> 


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