X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:46:01 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll? Message-ID: <20060325174601.GC14449@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <032520061719.9189.44257B9C0003FD3F000023E522058891160A050E040D0C079D0A@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:38:53PM -0500, Lev Bishop wrote: >FAQ candidate? Either of Eric's explanations seem spot on, to me. And >this question does come up fairly regularly. It is not 100% complete but I guess something like that should be in the FAQ under a heading of: Q) I see the way you're doing things and I don't agree. Certainly I know more about this then you do. Please prove me wrong, although I doubt that you can. Go ahead, I dare you? Then we can include descriptions of why there should be only one version of cygwin1.dll. Why /dev isn't the perfect replacement for /cygdrive. Why we don't default to c:\ as the root directory for cygwin. Why setup.exe doesn't install everything by default. Why setup.exe installs so much by default. and why -mno-cygwin really does produce binaries that have nothing to do with cygwin and, so, therefore, discussion of said binaries doesn't belong here. etc. cgf -- 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/