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In-reply-to: <20020816174606.GB21392@redhat.com> (message from Christopher
Faylor on Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:46:06 -0400)
Subject: Re: building a cygwin DLL to run on non-cygwin app
References: <20020815235332 DOT 19EDF3DEB AT cavall DOT jtang DOT org> <3D5CA285 DOT 8070904 AT scytek DOT de> <20020816165406 DOT 5550A3DBA AT cavall DOT jtang DOT org> <20020816170047 DOT GA21626 AT redhat DOT com> <20020816173323 DOT CCED53DBA AT cavall DOT jtang DOT org> <20020816174606 DOT GB21392 AT redhat DOT com>
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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:52:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: tang AT jtang DOT org (J. Tang)

>  Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
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>  Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:46:06 -0400
>  From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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>  It is not "currently possible".  It's broken.  You can't load the
>  cygwin DLL via LoadLibrary.

Then did it use to work in the past?  If so, how come the FAQ has not
been updated?

>  Just to be clear, when you link in the cygwin DLL, your code becomes
>  automatically GPLed.

That's fine; the code is for in-house only.

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Jason Tang  /  tang AT jtang DOT org  /  http://www.jtang.org/~tang


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