Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com X-Authentication-Warning: mdssdev05.comp.pge.com: esp5 set sender to esp5@pge.com using -f Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 12:08:19 -0700 From: "Edward S. Peschko" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: errors coming from building from scratch Message-ID: <20040406190819.GB13267@mdssdev05.comp.pge.com> References: <20040406020236.GA11062@mdssdev05.comp.pge.com> <4968407554.20040406121907@familiehaase.de> <20040406184304.GA13267@mdssdev05.comp.pge.com> <20040406185402.GA20805@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040406185402.GA20805@cygbert.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-IsSubscribed: yes On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:54:02PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Apr 6 11:43, Edward S. Peschko wrote: > > I don't see why cygwin could internalize this behavior and provide a consistant way > > of displaying linking errors via text rather than annoying popups.. > > Since it has nothing to do with Cygwin, perhaps? When an application > is linked against a DLL, the loader process is a Windows internal > thingy. but's that's the issue - rxvt *does* do this correctly. As does strace. When you get a 'can't load X server' or other file error, it comes to the console not to a popup. Why can't cygwin mimic the rxvt behaviour, so each client app (gcc for example) gets it for free rather than needing to re-invent it? Ed -- 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/