Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 12:01, Max Bowsher wrote: >> I've just installed the latest version of NetworkSimplicity >> (renaming my Cygwin registry keys first). >> >> I propose a 3-level system for detecting problematical mount tables: >> >> When NetworkSimplicity is installed, setup can simply look for >> "OpenSSH on Windows *" in >> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\. In this >> case, warn the user that Cygwin and NetworkSimplicity are mutually >> incompatible (perhaps link to a webpage with a detailed >> explanation?), and terminate the install. > > Hmm, I'm not keen on this one. It would be nice to coexist.
We can't, because of the "two cygwin1.dlls == bad things." problem. So, basically NetworkSimplicity would have to start using a custom build of cygwin, with all shared mem ids, registry paths, etc, changed. I don't see any problem with being mutually exclusive, though. If someone wants Cygwin, they don't need NetworkSimplicity. ( Better still would be for NetworkSimplicity to metamorphose from a binary distribution to a HOWTO ) Max.
