From:	earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject:	Re: Proper location of the cygwin.dll WAS: Re: b19 and
	cygwin.dll
18 Feb 1998 18:06:26 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<19980218140419.24102.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com>
To:	mag AT bunuel DOT tii DOT matav DOT hu
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

>Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:59:33 +0100
>From: Magosanyi Arpad <mag AT bunuel DOT tii DOT matav DOT hu>
>To: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com>
>CC: ert AT cit DOT org DOT by, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
>Subject: Re: Proper location of the cygwin.dll  WAS: Re: b19 and 
cygwin.dll
>
>On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 04:54:56PM +0100, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
>> Leave the dll in the bin directory of the tool!!!
>
>/lib or /usr/lib ?

The dll is a portion of the executable.  If the executable can't find 
the dll then it won't run.

/lib or /usr/lib needs only to contain the libraries that the linker 
needs to find.

Is it customary to add the /lib and /usr/lib paths to the PATH 
environment variable?  I don't think so.

>You want to build a posix system. Conforming to the FSSTND would be 
more
>than a Good Idea, even when the host operating system is confused about 
the
>separation of binaries and shared libs.
>
>-- 
>GNU GPL: csak tiszta forrásból
>


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