[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils 1.4.16-8 (Test)

[Takashi Yano]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 22:04:05 +0900
Takashi Yano wrote:
> On Wed,  3 Nov 2021 02:59:38 -0700
> Mark Geisert wrote:
> > The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
> > 
> > * cygutils-1.4.16-8
> > * cygutils-extra-1.4.16-8
> > * cygutils-x11-1.4.16-8
> > 
> > This update fixes a couple issues with getclip and putclip, namely:
> > 1) Mistakenly assuming charset is always UTF-8,
> > 2) Opening and closing the clipboard multiple times (putclip only),
> >    sometimes causing ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED.
> > Thanks to Takashi Yano for bug reports with testcases, and especially
> > the patches!
> > 
> > This update also provides a new feature: robust copy/paste between
> > 32-bit and 64-bit Cygwin environments, provided both are running
> > 3.3.0 (Test) or higher.
> 
> I have tested the 1.4.16-8 (Test) and confirmed the following cases
> work as expected.
> 
> 1) Charset conversion under locale other than UTF-8.
> 2) putclip error.
> 3) 32-bit and 64-bit inter-operability.

One small thing I noticed is that time stamp of /dev/clipboard
is broken with the following scenario.
1) Run 'echo A | putclip' in 32bit cygwin
2) Run 'ls -l /dev/clipboard' in 64bit cygwin

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>