Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-28 Thread Bob Rossi
Sorry for my late response. I've been busy. What's wrong with third parties simply installing any cygwin1.dll that they want to distribute (subject to the GPL of course) in a setup-compatible location and way? Then the only question is whether to install over any existing DLL or not. That's

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-28 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Bob Rossi wrote: Sorry for my late response. I've been busy. What's wrong with third parties simply installing any cygwin1.dll that they want to distribute (subject to the GPL of course) in a setup-compatible location and way? Then the only question is whether to

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-28 Thread Alexander J. Herrmann
Igor Peshansky wrote: On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Bob Rossi wrote: Sorry for my late response. I've been busy. What's wrong with third parties simply installing any cygwin1.dll that they want to distribute (subject to the GPL of course) in a setup-compatible location and way? Then the

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 04:09:39AM +0700, Alexander J. Herrmann wrote: I was following this thread and time will tell. Something you're maybe not aware of that the cygwin1.dll soon will be distributed to thousends of people who didn't even heard about cygwin. How come? You may have heard about

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-28 Thread Alexander J. Herrmann
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 04:09:39AM +0700, Alexander J. Herrmann wrote: I was following this thread and time will tell. Something you're maybe not aware of that the cygwin1.dll soon will be distributed to thousends of people who didn't even heard about cygwin. How

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-26 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
On 3/25/06, Lev Bishop wrote: We do already have FAQs for Why not install in C:\? and Why the weird directory structure?. There is a FAQ for How do I compile a Win32 executable that doesn't use Cygwin? but it doesn't specifically mention that discussion of the binaries doesn't belong here

Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-25 Thread Jeremy Wilkins
Hi, Why can there be only 1 cygwin1.dll in the filesystem? Is this a limitation of the dll or is it just a problem with applications finding the wrong version of the cygwin1.dll when there are several? Or is it just that certain cygwin registry keys get initialised wrong if its not installed

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-25 Thread Eric Blake
Why can there be only 1 cygwin1.dll in the filesystem? Is this a limitation of the dll or is it just a problem with applications finding the wrong version of the cygwin1.dll when there are several? It is an intentional design decision of cygwin. In order to properly emulate POSIX semantics in

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-25 Thread Lev Bishop
FAQ candidate? Either of Eric's explanations seem spot on, to me. And this question does come up fairly regularly. Lev -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-25 Thread Bob Rossi
On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:38:53PM -0500, Lev Bishop wrote: FAQ candidate? Either of Eric's explanations seem spot on, to me. And this question does come up fairly regularly. In the FAQ, I think it would be a good idea to mention that this limitation makes it impossible (outside of setup.exe)

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-25 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:38:53PM -0500, Lev Bishop wrote: FAQ candidate? Either of Eric's explanations seem spot on, to me. And this question does come up fairly regularly. It is not 100% complete but I guess something like that should be in the FAQ under a heading of: Q) I see the way

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-25 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:40:51PM -0500, Bob Rossi wrote: On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:38:53PM -0500, Lev Bishop wrote: FAQ candidate? Either of Eric's explanations seem spot on, to me. And this question does come up fairly regularly. In the FAQ, I think it would be a good idea to mention that

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-25 Thread Lev Bishop
On 3/25/06, Christopher Faylor wrote: It is not 100% complete but I guess something like that should be in the FAQ under a heading of: Q) I see the way you're doing things and I don't agree. Certainly I know more about this then you do. Please prove me wrong, although I doubt that you

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-25 Thread Bob Rossi
On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:56:56PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:40:51PM -0500, Bob Rossi wrote: On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:38:53PM -0500, Lev Bishop wrote: FAQ candidate? Either of Eric's explanations seem spot on, to me. And this question does come up fairly

Re: Why only 1 cygwin1.dll?

2006-03-25 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Bob Rossi wrote: On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:56:56PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:40:51PM -0500, Bob Rossi wrote: On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:38:53PM -0500, Lev Bishop wrote: FAQ candidate? Either of Eric's explanations seem spot on, to me. And this question does