[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > >>On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 06:06:30PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> >>>>On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 02:52:03PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> >>>>>Excellent! Hiding the cygwin1.dll in /usr/local/lib fixed the gcc >>>>>problem, and it also fixed my "disappearing stderr" problem. >>>>> >>>>Why are you putting a version of cygwin in /usr/local/lib??? This is >>>>clearly wrong. >>>> >>>You assume too much. I never put any DLLs anywhere - it was like that >>>when I installed cygwin. >>> >>I'm not assuming anything. I *know* that no standard cygwin package >>installs a /usr/local/*/cygwin1.dll. In fact, AFAICT, there is no >>usr/local anywhere in the cygwin distribution, nor should there be. >> >>A moments worth of thought would lead you to this conclusion. Do you >>see all sorts of people complaining about the problems that you're >>seeing? No. Why do you think that is? Luck? >> >>So, if you truly have a /usr/local directory, it comes from something >>that you have either downloaded or built from outside of the standard >>cygwin distribution. >> >> > > Okay. > > I'm sorry if my previous reply came off as smart-assed. I should have > thought about it a few more seconds before I sent it out. > > I am quite positive that I have not myself installed anything in > /usr/local - aside from running the Cygwin setup, I'm doing my development > in /home, and I'm not getting anywhere _near_ doing DLL work. All I'm > looking for is a simple Linux-style development environment without having > to dual-boot my laptop. I wouldn't know where to start on the Windows > side. (I am an utter novice, would-be Cygwin user.) > > Is it possible that the mirror that I used (rcn) is not giving out the > standard cygwin distribution? Are there any decisions I could make in the > setup utility that would result in me getting a non-standard load, with a > cygwin1.dll in /usr/local? That's all I can think of at this point. > > Thanks, > David
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