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Message-Id: | <6.2.0.14.0.20050324141914.03d351d8@pop.prospeed.net> |
Date: | Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:29:16 -0500 |
To: | Jim Kleckner <jek-cygwin1 AT kleckner DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
From: | Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: clamwin installs incompatible copy of cygwin1.dll |
In-Reply-To: | <42430BDF.90808@kleckner.net> |
References: | <42430BDF DOT 90808 AT kleckner DOT net> |
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At 01:50 PM 3/24/2005, you wrote: >I had a user install clamwin and as discussed on the list here: > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-09/msg00288.html >it blithely installs cygwin1.dll regardless of any installation >of cygwin. This predictably causes problems. > >Searching through the user guide and faq doesn't yield >a suggestion for solutions or workarounds and searching >the list archives yields so much material that it is >hard to focus in on what specifically to do. Obviously, >I can have the person uninstall clamwin. Is there anything >else that makes sense (and, no, uninstalling cygwin doesn't >make sense)? The "standard" solution in these cases is to remove the cygwin1.dll from the offending 3rd party package after installing and make sure that the 3rd party package can find the already existing cygwin1.dll in the Cygwin installation (C:\cygwin\bin by default). The easiest way to do this is to put the Cygwin installation path/bin in your Windows path. As Chris points out, this could all be automated with some minor effort on the part of the 3rd party providers but in the absence of such support, you have to do it manually. :-( A better question might be to ask the clamwin folks why they can't augment their installer to accommodate an existing Cygwin installation. If their package breaks a Cygwin installation, it's really not a Cygwin problem per-se. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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