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 Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20041221102326.04a8fc20@pop.prospeed.net> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:24:53 -0500 To: "Mike Kenny - BCX - Professional Services JHB" , "Mikhail Dmitrievsky" , From: Larry Hall Subject: RE: How change libtool rule of naming dlls from "cygFOO-version.dll" to "FOO.dll"? In-Reply-To: <0C7AD907113E984F9C2AF0B651D0D3DE577129@exmid04.africa.ente rprise.root> References: <0C7AD907113E984F9C2AF0B651D0D3DE577129@exmid04.africa.enterprise.root> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 02:03 AM 12/21/2004, you wrote: > What is the effect of using >$ ln cygsurfit-1.dll libsurfit.dll >to create a link rather than simply rename? > Chaos. Windows does not support loading of DLLs through links. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/