X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4852D6E4.1090002@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:21:56 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Ugrent !! Reg. Executing the EXE generated by Cygwin References: <182dc94a0806130223y124a5df6s255259ff7133613d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Lee wrote: >> There can be only one cygwin1.dll on the machine, put where it's supposed to be >> by using the Cygwin setup.exe. You can't just put another copy of cygwin1.dll >> somewhere else on that machine. > > Yes, you can. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682586.aspx > Dynamic-Link library search order > A system can contain multiple versions of the same dynamic-link > library (DLL). ...if you know what you're doing. If you don't, keep only the one that 'setup.exe' installs and keep it where it installed it. Doing anything else assumes that you know what you're doing and that you don't have to query this list when something goes wrong. That's why we recommend to folks that inquire to keep one copy only. Any other configuration is unsupported by this list due to the complexities it introduces. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/