From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Subject: Re: Sergey's cygwin.dll 6 Jun 1997 14:44:21 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970605164537.00943edc.cygnus.gnu-win32@ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: lhall AT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Original-To: Arlindo da Silva , kunglao AT prairienet DOT org (Seymore Buttz) Original-Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com At 07:55 PM 6/4/97 -0400, Arlindo da Silva wrote: >> >> Hey, I was wondering if anyone else has had trouble with Sergey's >> cygwin.dll? I tried it on my OSR2 Win95, copying cygwin.dll and >> libcygwin.a to their appropriate places. Here's what happens when I run >> some prorgams: >> >> bash$ ls >> (unknown) heap_init: unable to allocate heap, win32 error 8 >> cygwin: terminating >> bash$ >> >> Sergey told me error 8 is an out of memory error, but I've got plenty. >> And the Win95 swap file is no where near maxed out, should it want more >> memory. >> > >I had the same problem first time I installed Sergey's patch. >I guess it has to do with symlinks. I just went to c:\cygnus and from COMMAND.COM: > >C:\CYGNUS> dir cygwin.dll /s > >I copied cydwin.dll to all places where it appeared (3 directories if >I recall well). I probably could have redone the symlinks, but it didn't >have the patience. BTW, I have the original win95. > > Arlindo. I've not experienced any such problems with Sergey's patch, maybe cause only 1 version of the cygwin.dll is in my path. This brings up an interesting point though... why is there more than one copy of cygwin.dll?? I checked my cygnus install root and found I had 2 copies myself, one in bin (which was Sergey's) and one in i386-cygwin32/lib which was the original. Why the two places? Can I get rid of one?? I certainly don't like having 2 around for a variety of reasons and, although I haven't checked it, I don't think I can remedy the space consideration by using symlinks as Arlindo suggests since symlinks are apparently not followed correctly for executables. At least, that's what I see. Anyway, the real question is, why the multiple copies?? Anyone know? Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (617) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (617) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02181 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".