John ffitch released Csound 4.23f12 in the csound package on
SourceForge this weekend, and I released a distribution based on the
same set of sources augmented with a GNU Build System in the csoundgbs
package.

The GBS version of Csound is known to build on Fedora core 2 and
Cygwin on Windows 2000.  It should build on other Unix-like platforms
including OS X.

If FLTK is installed, the GBS version of Csound will build graphics
enabled applications including a simple Csound GUI.  The RPM was build
without FLTK installed, so you must use the sources if you want
graphics.

John

When testing the recent GBS release on Cygwin on Win2K, my personal
firewall went wild.  Only while building, some application requests
Domain Name Service.  The DNS request appears to occur when each
source file is compiled, and sometimes at other points during the
build.  The weird part is the firewall cannot identify application
making the request.  There is no file name in the firewall's record of
the request, and program's name is reported as Object: ADDR, where
ADDR is an eight digit hexadecimal between 80000000 and 80050000.  The
firewall recorded more than two hundred entries of this form.

Since I normally run Windows unplugged, nothing bad happened.  I found
by engaging the firewall's internet lock, all requests are blocked
without user intervention.  If you have a similar problem, please tell
me about it.  I think it is time for me to contact Cygnus.

The distribution I built and placed on SourceForge was constructed on
Fedora Core 2, so I'm sure it contains no malware from Cygwin.

John

ramsdell@mitre.org (John D. Ramsdell) writes:

> When testing the recent GBS release on Cygwin on Win2K, my personal
> firewall went wild.  Only while building, some application requests
> Domain Name Service.  ....

The Cygwin mailing list shows this is a known problem, although it's
not clear if it is considered bug or a feature.

John