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RE: Supported platforms and code merge
- To: "Cygx \(E-mail\)" <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: Supported platforms and code merge
- From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 18:56:08 -0400
>
> Are the following statements correct?
>
> "Currently, the only supported Win32 platforms are Windows NT 4.0 SP4+ and
> Windows 2000; Windows 95 and Windows 98 are not supported."
Yes. On Windows 95/98 due to 16-bit code burried in so-called gdi32.dll
we cannot get proper surface on Windows 95/98. Anyone willing to provide
patch, his patches will be accepted.
>
> "Cygwin allows the compilation of the XFree86 source on Win32; several
> patches were made to the XFree86 source to make XFree86 actually
> compile and
> run under Cygwin; it appears that those patches have been merged into the
> XFree86 4.0 source tree."
Yes.
Suhaib
>
> Again, these are statement from my installation how-to, so I want to make
> sure that they are correct. Thanks,
>
> Harold L Hunt II
> Phone: 800-850-1616 ext 108
> Email: harold@compasstechnologies.com