X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Rolf Campbell Subject: Re: simply cygwin1.dll Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:08:27 -0400 Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <20060921032007 DOT GA6790 AT ns1 DOT anodized DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 3.0a1 (Windows/20060921) In-Reply-To: <20060921032007.GA6790@ns1.anodized.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com When I've had this problem, it's been a permission issue. If you use wget or some other cygwin tool to download the snapshot, then it will not set the exec permissions. But when you copy a file using explorer, it will set the exec permissions. Christopher Layne wrote: > May seem sort of newbish, but I just noticed that one cannot move cygwin1.dll > into place after removing the old one. For instance, if I download a snapshot > to some tmp directory, exit all cygwin related apps and use explorer to move > the new dll from the tmp to c:\cygwin\bin - I'll get the standard crop of > bad dll related failures. However if I *copy* the file (ctrl-drag) things > work fine. I presume this is some kind of windows dll manipulation thing or > is it just my system? > > -cl -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/