X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <47E088E3.2080504@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:30:43 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: FAQ suggestion References: <20080318232317 DOT GA22446 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Adam Thompson wrote: > On 18/03/2008, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> So, we DON'T WANT people doing this. What we actually want a 3PP to do >> is check if there is a version of cygwin installed and use the installed >> version if it is a newer or conditionally upgrade if it is not. >> > > The problem with this is that it requires the immediate and total > cooperation of all 3PPs. > > Sure - Acme Software might change their application to check for a > pre-existing instance of Cygwin, and let's say it finds one being used > for KillerApp 1.5. All well and good. > > The next time the user re-installs or updates Killer App 1.5, if it > doesn't do the check, it breaks Acme's software. > > Unfortunately, KillerApp Co take the view of "well, our software still > works, it must be a problem with Acme". > > A package designed to do these checks would certainly be a good idea, > but it isn't going to happen (be adopted) overnight, and in the > meantime, the option of having an isolated cygwin environment is very > alluring. So tempting in fact, that I've been considering recompiling > with a view to stopping 3rd party apps breaking the sshd which is on > our base Win2K3 build. > I feel like I'm caught in a temporal causality loop... -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/