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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:27:36 -0400
To: Davin Pearson <davin_pearson AT yahoo DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problem compiling with cywin.dll
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At 10:14 PM 4/21/2004, you wrote:
>When I try to compile the following
>file under Cygwin g++, I get a
>window that pops up with the
>following message:
>
>The procedure entry point __getreent could not be located in
>the dynamic link library cygwin.dll
>
>Here is the contents of the file a.cc that
>I am trying to compile:
>
>           #include <iostream.h>
>           
>           int main()
>           {
>              cout << "Welcome to the program\n";
>           }
>
>I installed Cygwin using the program
>"setup.exe", the "Cygwin Net Release Setup Program".
>
>I thought the problem might be due to
>a old version of cygwin1.dll so I 
>downloaded the following file: cygwin1-20040416.dll,
>renamed it to cygwin1.dll and cygwin.dll
>and copied it into the directories
>c:\windows and c:\cygwin\bin
>
>Any help with the above error would
>be gratefully appreciated!


Get rid of any copies of cygwin*.dll in any directory other than 
c:\cygwin\bin.  

Rerun setup and update your environment.  You need 
more than just a new DLL if you're going to be building things.



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