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diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin
index 886954c..6264a15 100644 (file)
--- a/README.cygwin
+++ b/README.cygwin
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ platforms.  They run thanks to the Cygwin library which provides the UNIX
 system calls and environment these programs expect.  More information
 about this project can be found at:
 
-  http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/
+  http://www.cygwin.com/
 
 A recent net or commercial release of Cygwin is required.
 
-At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.1.4 was current.
+At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.1.5 was current.
 
 B<NOTE:> At this point, minimal effort has been made to provide
 compatibility with old (beta) Cygwin releases.  The focus has been to
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ These are B<not> yet available with Cygwin.
 
 I<gcc> supports long doubles (12 bytes).  However, several additional
 long double math functions are necessary to use them within Perl
-(I<{atan2,cos,exp,floor,fmod,frexp,log,modf,pow,sin,sqrt}l,strtold>).
+(I<{atan2,cos,exp,floor,fmod,frexp,isnan,log,modf,pow,sin,sqrt}l,strtold>).
 These are B<not> yet available with Cygwin.
 
 =item * C<-Dusethreads>
@@ -253,21 +253,13 @@ closed pipe.  You will see the following messages:
 At least for consistency with WinNT, you should keep the recommended
 value.
 
-=item * Checking how std your stdio is...
-
-Configure reports:
-
-  Your stdio doesn't appear very std.
-
-This is correct.
-
 =item * Compiler/Preprocessor defines
 
 The following error occurs because of the Cygwin C<#define> of
 C<_LONG_DOUBLE>:
 
   Guessing which symbols your C compiler and preprocessor define...
-  try.c:3847: parse error
+  try.c:<line#>: parse error
 
 This failure does not seem to cause any problems.
 
@@ -500,11 +492,11 @@ be kept as clean as possible.
 
 =item Documentation
 
-  INSTALL README.cygwin
-  Changes Changes5.005 Changes5.004
-  AUTHORS MAINTAIN MANIFEST README.win32
-  pod/perl.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod pod/perlhist.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod
-  pod/perlport.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perl5004delta.pod
+  INSTALL README.cygwin README.win32 MANIFEST
+  Changes Changes5.005 Changes5.004 Changes5.6
+  pod/perl.pod pod/perlport.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod
+  pod/perldelta.pod pod/perl5004delta.pod pod/perl56delta.pod
+  pod/perlhist.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/buildtoc.PL pod/perltoc.pod
 
 =item Build, Configure, Make, Install
 
@@ -526,6 +518,7 @@ be kept as clean as possible.
 =item Tests
 
   t/io/tell.t           - binmode
+  t/lib/b.t             - ignore Cwd from os_extras
   t/lib/glob-basic.t    - Win32 directory list access differs from read mode
   t/op/magic.t          - $^X/symlink WORKAROUND, s/.exe//
   t/op/stat.t           - no /dev, skip Win32 ftCreationTime quirk
@@ -541,9 +534,7 @@ be kept as clean as possible.
   perl.h                - binmode
   doio.c                - win9x can not rename a file when it is open
   pp_sys.c              - do not define h_errno, pp_system with spawn
-  mg.c                  - environ WORKAROUND
-  unixish.h             - environ WORKAROUND
-  util.c                - environ WORKAROUND
+  util.c                - use setenv
 
 =item Compiled Module Source
 
@@ -562,8 +553,8 @@ be kept as clean as possible.
                         - canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
   lib/File/Find.pm      - on remote drives stat() always sets st_nlink to 1
   lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm - preserve //unc
+  lib/File/Temp.pm      - no directory sticky bit
   lib/perl5db.pl        - use stdin not /dev/tty
-  utils/perlcc.PL       - DynaLoader.a in compile, -DUSEIMPORTLIB
   utils/perldoc.PL      - version comment
 
 =back
@@ -583,10 +574,14 @@ On WinNT Cygwin provides setuid(), seteuid(), setgid() and setegid().
 However, additional Cygwin calls for manipulating WinNT access tokens
 and security contexts are required.
 
+When building DLLs, `C<dllwrap --export-all-symbols>' is used to export
+global symbols.  It might be better to generate an explicit F<.def> file
+(see F<makedef.pl>).  Also, DLLs can now be build with `C<gcc -shared>'.
+
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
 Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>,
-Eric Fifer <efifer@sanwaint.com>,
+Eric Fifer <egf7@columbia.edu>,
 alexander smishlajev <als@turnhere.com>,
 Steven Morlock <newspost@morlock.net>,
 Sebastien Barre <Sebastien.Barre@utc.fr>,
@@ -594,4 +589,4 @@ Teun Burgers <burgers@ecn.nl>.
 
 =head1 HISTORY
 
-Last updated: 10 August 2000
+Last updated: 9 November 2000