From 842cf665332eb400863ba698fd32c63285cfb718 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:59:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * Throughout, eliminate Windows 2000 from the documentation. * overview.sgml (brief-history): Mention native AMD64 support. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ winsup/doc/effectively.sgml | 13 +++++-------- winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 4 ---- winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml | 8 ++++---- winsup/doc/overview.sgml | 8 ++++++-- winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml | 7 +------ 6 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index d346a068e..96151e295 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2013-04-23 Corinna Vinschen + + * Throughout, eliminate Windows 2000 from the documentation. + * overview.sgml (brief-history): Mention native AMD64 support. + 2013-04-23 Corinna Vinschen * Makefile.in (SGMLDIRS): Accommodate dropping utils_source and diff --git a/winsup/doc/effectively.sgml b/winsup/doc/effectively.sgml index 41a97f8b5..fa5b2b6ca 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/effectively.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/effectively.sgml @@ -17,12 +17,9 @@ support the /? switch to display usage information. Unfortunately, no standard set of tools included with all versions of -Windows exists. If you are unfamiliar with the tools available -on your system, here is a general guide. Windows 2000 has only a basic -set of tools, which later versions of Windows expanded. Microsoft also -provides free downloads for Windows 2000 (the Resource Kit Tools), and XP -(the Windows Support Tools). Generally, the younger the Windows version, -the more complete are the on-board tools. Additionally, many independent +Windows exists. Generally, the younger the Windows version, the more +complete are the on-board tools. Microsoft also provides free downloads +for Windows XP (the Windows Support Tools). Additionally, many independent sites such as download.com, simtel.net, @@ -85,8 +82,8 @@ If your system does not have an always-on network connection, you may be interested in rasdial.exe for automating dialup connections. Users who frequently change their network -configuration can script these changes with netsh.exe -(Windows 2000 and later). For proxy users, the open source +configuration can script these changes with netsh.exe. +For proxy users, the open source NTLM Authorization Proxy Server or the no-charge diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index f478d84b6..87f1be1bf 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -1101,10 +1101,6 @@ IPv6-capable and that's why you see the "Address family not supported" error message. Note, however, that the IPv6 stack on these systems don't fully support all features of IPv6. -There's also a very experimental IPv6 stack for Windows 2000, and -Cygwin will try its best to support it, but it's not recommended to install -it. - For more information about IPv6 on Windows and how to install the IPv6 stack, see the Microsoft TechNet IPv6 FAQ article diff --git a/winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml b/winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml index 8804cceac..4d78cde45 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ OthersAllow: 110 Again: This works on all existing versions of Windows NT, at the -time of writing from at least Windows 2000 up to Server 2008 R2. Only +time of writing from at least Windows XP up to Server 2012. Only the GUIs aren't able (or willing) to deal with that order. @@ -507,9 +507,9 @@ the GUIs aren't able (or willing) to deal with that order. Since Windows XP, Windows users have been accustomed to the "Switch User" feature, which switches the entire desktop to another user while leaving the original user's desktop "suspended". Another Windows -feature (since Windows 2000) is the "Run as..." context menu entry, -which allows you to start an application using another user account when -right-clicking on applications and shortcuts. +feature is the "Run as..." context menu entry, which allows you to start +an application using another user account when right-clicking on applications +and shortcuts. On POSIX systems, this operation can be performed by processes running under the privileged user accounts (usually the "root" user diff --git a/winsup/doc/overview.sgml b/winsup/doc/overview.sgml index 3dce16707..d07ec5834 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/overview.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/overview.sgml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL providing substantial POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) system call functionality, and a collection of tools, which provide a Linux look and feel. The Cygwin DLL -works with all x86 and AMD64 versions of Windows NT since Windows 2000. +works with all x86 and AMD64 versions of Windows NT since Windows XP SP3. The API follows the Single Unix Specification as much as possible, and then Linux practice. @@ -108,12 +108,16 @@ have seen continuous development. -The latest major improvement in this development is the 1.7 release in +The biggest major improvement in this development is the 1.7 release in 2009, which dropped Windows 95/98/Me support in favor of using Windows NT features more extensively. It adds a lot of new features like case-sensitive filenames, NFS interoperability, IPv6 support and much more. +The latest big improvement is the 64 bit Cygwin DLL which +allows to run natively on AMD64 Windows machines. The first release +available in a 64 bit version is 1.7.19. + DOCTOOL-INSERT-highlights diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index 96b0077af..e8d19ad0f 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -654,12 +654,7 @@ on by setting the registry value HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel\obcaseinsensitive -to 0 and reboot the machine. For least surprise, Cygwin expects -this registry value also on Windows 2000, which usually doesn't know this -registry key. If you want case-sensitivity on Windows 2000, just create -that registry value and set it to 0. Only -on Windows 2000 you don't have to reboot to bring it into effect, rather -stopping all Cygwin processes and then restarting them is sufficient. +to 0 and reboot the machine.