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egor duda wrote: > > but i want to use these environments (gasp) simultaneously! Ain't it > a multitasking OS? > You've a lot of work to do to allow multiple versions of cygwin1.dll executing simultaneously to happen properly. It has nothing to do with multitasking OS. > >> 2. changing $PATH is not enough. for example, system() calls /bin/sh, > >> and doesn't perform $PATH lookup. > > EB> That's fine, in the scenario I described above the part that changed was > EB> the cygwin1.dll not the sh.exe binary. I just don't get why anything > EB> else is necessary to isolate a test version of cygwin1.dll. > > the problem is not with test versions, but with separate environments. > changing $PATH works as long as programs are called without full path. > and calling application using full path is rather common practice, > isn't it? :) > So what is the problem with the "full path"? I'm missing your point. PATH=/dll-1.3.3:/bin /bin/sh executes sh using the released dll. PATH=/dll-test:/bin /bin/sh executes sh using the test version of the dll. /bin/cygwin1.dll doesn't exist. > EB> If a differing mount table is desired, and I do see potential PRO's for > EB> such a thing then a CYGWIN option "mountkey=foo" should be added and a > EB> tool "cygremount" that copies the "mount v2" keys to a user specified > EB> value be given. > > exactly. > You still won't be able to use both environments simultaneously. It's either one or the other. Earnie. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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