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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:07:20 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: clamwin installs incompatible copy of cygwin1.dll
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 09:57:44AM -0800, Jim Kleckner wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>>On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 08:45:10AM -0800, Jim Kleckner wrote:
>
>>So, if you're a Unix guy since 1978, that puts you in a unique category.
>>You don't qualify as a FAQ.
>
>I don't quite understand this.  I don't qualify to write FAQ entries
>or shouldn't be allowed to use them?

"F"requently "A"sked "Q"uestions.
^^^^^^^^^^^^

>>I have very strong reservations about filling up documentation with
>>every conceivable combination of advice that we could possibly think of.
>>Adding rationales to stop Unix guys from shooting themselves in the foot
>>should not be a focus of the FAQ.  The FAQ is there to give advice to
>>people on what to do, not to provide rationales for why they shouldn't
>>do other things that pop into their heads.
>
>Then strike the link text and limit it to the workaround of adding
>the bin to the system path.   My text was a suggested starting point.

i.e., a workaround.

>>The solution that the DLL has to be in the system path is not required
>>for a sanctioned Cygwin release.  But, then, we've seen before that
>>clamwin insists on running in a non-cygwin environment.  I don't want to
>>be in the business of adding advice to the FAQ for fixing up other
>>people's problems.
>
>Nobody said the workaround was required.

See above.

cgf

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