X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:06:47 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: FAQ suggestion Message-ID: <20080319040647.GE22446@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20080318232317.GA22446@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <47E088E3.2080504@cygwin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47E088E3.2080504@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) 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 On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:30:43PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Adam Thompson wrote: >> On 18/03/2008, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> So, we DON'T WANT people doing this. What we actually want a 3PP to do >>> is check if there is a version of cygwin installed and use the installed >>> version if it is a newer or conditionally upgrade if it is not. >>> >> The problem with this is that it requires the immediate and total >> cooperation of all 3PPs. >> Sure - Acme Software might change their application to check for a >> pre-existing instance of Cygwin, and let's say it finds one being used >> for KillerApp 1.5. All well and good. >> The next time the user re-installs or updates Killer App 1.5, if it >> doesn't do the check, it breaks Acme's software. >> Unfortunately, KillerApp Co take the view of "well, our software still >> works, it must be a problem with Acme". >> A package designed to do these checks would certainly be a good idea, >> but it isn't going to happen (be adopted) overnight, and in the >> meantime, the option of having an isolated cygwin environment is very >> alluring. So tempting in fact, that I've been considering recompiling >> with a view to stopping 3rd party apps breaking the sshd which is on >> our base Win2K3 build. > > I feel like I'm caught in a temporal causality loop... .egnarts fo tros leef I .etunim a tiaW !oot em ,yeH fgc -- 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/