Minimal SYStem
Version 1.0.11
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Production Release
The following changes were crafted for this release:
· Code reduction.
· Remove unused code.
· More symlink reduction.
· Modifications to msys.bat to allow -norxvt switch and to allow execution
from any directory.
· start /msys.bat
· start /msys.bat –norxvt
· Modifications to allow 64bit Windows to use 32bit emulation.
· Command.com intermediate window starts in minimized mode to
prevent flashy windows.
· Internal dll identity is now msys-1.0.
· The limitation for use of /bin and /usr/bin has been removed.
· The chmod() function now partially works.
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· Work around the rxvt resize freeze issue.
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· Allow -Wl,Map,/foo/bar/baz.map to resolve to Win32 path.
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· which script enhanced
· Provide –a and –all
· Provide `missing argument’ and `usage’ summary
· Preserve `.exe’ extensions if specified on command line
· Provide `unknown command’ diagnostic
· Set explicit exit status code.
· Permission Denied errors trapped
· retry operation after x time of usleep
· loops x number before giving up
· helps prevent bogus errors due to clashing resource use
· Work-around some Vista issues:
· Continuously spawn multiple copies of the rxvt terminal, on Vista 64.
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· install.exe, install-info.exe, patch.exe fail on Vista.
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· GNU Make now accepts both case insensitive and sensitive rules.
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· Smarter mount/umount commands.
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· New tools: lzma, file, paste, join, d2u, u2d.
· The vi editor was moved to the MSYS DTK.
· MSYS shortcut opens the Windows Console by default, to avoid the issues
with pseudo-tty emulation in the rxvt terminal.
Future plans:
· 1.0.12:
· Add options for various path methods, NOPOSIX and FASTPATH.
· 1.0.x
· Update newlib version for 64bit file system support.
· Modify MSYS build process to use current GCC and binutils versions.
· x.x.x:
· Remove unused code.
· Restructure environment string processing so that two versions
Win32 vs POSIX are kept synchronized and sorted at time of
creation.
· Rework the Heap allocation methods so that we can controll split
heaps.
· Rework the stat methods for abscense of symlink to speed up the
processes.
· Use gcc-3.x.y for build process.
· Add classes and methods and rework existing classes and methods for
improved handling of path strings.
· Add hashing arrays to hold the pathing data cached for a period of
time and allow the pathing and stat functions to use these to speed up
processing.
