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Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:20:41 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: clamwin installs incompatible copy of cygwin1.dll
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 06:13:55PM -0800, Jim Kleckner wrote:
>My question now is, can "ln" be used to work around this issue or is 
>that a "bad idea"?

It's a bad idea.  Just delete the spurious DLL.  No special action is
required if the cygwin dll is in the PATH.

>PS.  Since cgf is steadfast, perhaps this explanation could be added to
>the FAQ entry located here that partially explains why multiple dlls is
>a problem: http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC50

No.

cgf

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