From 0de153c586533181bccefd6c984508315a645a2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:28:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7-misc): Add installation-specific unique object names description. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ winsup/doc/new-features.sgml | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index ec2f70c18..4629123d9 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-10-31 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7-misc): Add installation-specific + unique object names description. + 2009-10-28 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net> * pathnames.sgml: Add limitation of case sensitivity with CreateProcess. diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml index f38db1a75..fea0fa8e6 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml @@ -325,6 +325,14 @@ delete, to support the toolchain in implementing full C++ standards conformance when working with shared libraries. +- Different Cygwin installations in different paths can be run in parallel + without knowing of each other. The path of the Cygwin DLL used in a + process is a key used when creating IPC objects. So different Cygwin + DLLs are running in different namespaces. + +- Each Cygwin DLL stores its path and installation key in the registry. + This allows troubleshooting of problems which could be a result of having + multiple concurrent Cygwin installations. </screen> </sect2>