From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: Proper location of the cygwin.dll WAS: Re: b19 and cygwin.dll 18 Feb 1998 18:06:26 -0800 Message-ID: <19980218140419.24102.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: mag AT bunuel DOT tii DOT matav DOT hu Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:59:33 +0100 >From: Magosanyi Arpad >To: Earnie Boyd >CC: ert AT cit DOT org DOT by, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Subject: Re: Proper location of the cygwin.dll WAS: Re: b19 and cygwin.dll > >On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 04:54:56PM +0100, Earnie Boyd wrote: > >> Leave the dll in the bin directory of the tool!!! > >/lib or /usr/lib ? The dll is a portion of the executable. If the executable can't find the dll then it won't run. /lib or /usr/lib needs only to contain the libraries that the linker needs to find. Is it customary to add the /lib and /usr/lib paths to the PATH environment variable? I don't think so. >You want to build a posix system. Conforming to the FSSTND would be more >than a Good Idea, even when the host operating system is confused about the >separation of binaries and shared libs. > >-- >GNU GPL: csak tiszta forrásból > - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - 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".