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From: "Jon Beniston" <jon AT beniston DOT com>
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Subject: Binary distribution and DLLs
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:08:04 -0000
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Hi,

I want to distribute a binary build of some software that I have written,
part of which includes some programs that are linked with cygwin1.dll and
other Cygwin dlls such as cygexpat-1.dll, cyggmp-3.dll, cygintl-8.dll and so
on.=20

Due to some of the other Windows specific components of the software, I
don=92t think I can use setup.exe to install the package. My installer can
check for the presence of cygwin1.dll and then start Cygwin=92s setup.exe if
it doesn=92t exist, but what is the recommended way of dealing with the oth=
er
dlls? I=92m concerned that in x months time, that cygintl-8.dll will have b=
een
replaced with cygintl-9.dll, and thus if a user installs the latest packages
using setup.exe, they might not get cygintl-8.dll. (My installation appears
to only have cygintl-2.dll=A0 cygintl-3.dll=A0 cygintl-8.dll, for example).=
=20

Is it safe to include a copy of these dlls (excluding cygwin1.dll) in my
programs executable folder (with the source, of course), or will this cause
other problems if there is a conflict between two similar dlls? Any thoughts
on the best way to deal with this?

Cheers,
Jon





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