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Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:21:33 -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 Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 08:08:16AM -0800, Jim Kleckner wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>OTOH, perhaps I'm oversimplifying things, but it seems like this thread
>>went on for quite a while after the simple "delete the nonstandard DLL"
>>advice was given.  I don't see how any advice is going to be useful if
>>it isn't followed.
>
>I agree completely.  All the more reason to pull the concise answers
>out of the email list and into the FAQ.  This thread wouldn't have
>existed at all.

The concise answer is already in *cygwin itself*.  The FAQ could
arguably be updated to say "delete the dll that is not in
c:\cygwin\bin".  I guess it is assuming that someone has actually
taken the time to read the error that cygwin presents.

However, again, this concise answer was mentioned in the email list and
not followed.  I don't know why anyone would view the FAQ as more
authoritative than the people they are soliciting for help here.

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