X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Andrew DeFaria Subject: Re: Need help with Perl/Tk Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:29:48 -0700 Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <3551E1877C7A4F9EA99799CED176646E@desktop2> <00e601c83d9a$0cf54e40$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) In-Reply-To: <00e601c83d9a$0cf54e40$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Dave Korn wrote: > On 13 December 2007 14:55, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >>> (When it comes to DynaLoader you gotta learn to read the fine print >>> and make intuitive leaps :-) >> Yes but it did indeed state "No such file or directory...". Would it >> be that hard for DynaLoader.pm to mention exactly which file it was >> looking for? > Yes, it would, because that information is not exposed to the > application; you just call LoadLibrary, and if you get a file not > found error back, there's no way to determine if it was the library > DLL itself or one of the dependent DLLs that windows couldn't find. Well then how about changing the error message to something as nonsensical as "Unable to find this library, or a library on which this one depends..." -- Andrew DeFaria All I want in life is a warm bed, and unlimited power. -- 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/