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Date:	Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:36:38 +1100
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On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 18:11 +0000, Dave Korn wrote:

>   Why would any app (in general, and yours in particular) /need/ to link to
> cygwin1.dll?  The only reason is for the POSIX/Unix/Linux compatibility it
> provides, because that is _all_ that cygwin1.dll does.

It is quite possible this need arises naturally in a dynamically 
linked application, where for one reason or another you end up 
mixing and matching plugins. After all, cygwin1.dll is just a 
Windows dll.

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John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net


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