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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 18:46:27 -0800 (PST)
From: <bucky AT phantom DOT keystreams DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: gcc not creating .exe
In-Reply-To: <20011127022821.GB13329@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0111261833380.6154-100000@phantom.keystreams.com>
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 06:06:30PM -0800, bucky AT phantom DOT keystreams DOT com wrote:
> >On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >>On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 02:52:03PM -0800, bucky AT phantom DOT keystreams DOT com wrote:
> >>>Excellent! Hiding the cygwin1.dll in /usr/local/lib fixed the gcc
> >>>problem, and it also fixed my "disappearing stderr" problem.
> >>
> >>Why are you putting a version of cygwin in /usr/local/lib???  This is
> >>clearly wrong.
> >
> >You assume too much.  I never put any DLLs anywhere - it was like that
> >when I installed cygwin.
> 
> I'm not assuming anything.  I *know* that no standard cygwin package
> installs a /usr/local/*/cygwin1.dll.  In fact, AFAICT, there is no
> usr/local anywhere in the cygwin distribution, nor should there be.
> 
> A moments worth of thought would lead you to this conclusion.  Do you
> see all sorts of people complaining about the problems that you're
> seeing?  No.  Why do you think that is?  Luck?
> 
> So, if you truly have a /usr/local directory, it comes from something
> that you have either downloaded or built from outside of the standard
> cygwin distribution.
> 

Okay.

I'm sorry if my previous reply came off as smart-assed.  I should have
thought about it a few more seconds before I sent it out.

I am quite positive that I have not myself installed anything in 
/usr/local - aside from running the Cygwin setup, I'm doing my development
in /home, and I'm not getting anywhere _near_ doing DLL work.  All I'm
looking for is a simple Linux-style development environment without having
to dual-boot my laptop.  I wouldn't know where to start on the Windows
side. (I am an utter novice, would-be Cygwin user.)

Is it possible that the mirror that I used (rcn) is not giving out the
standard cygwin distribution?  Are there any decisions I could make in the
setup utility that would result in me getting a non-standard load, with a
cygwin1.dll in /usr/local?  That's all I can think of at this point.

Thanks,
David



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