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Re: hmmm possible gpl problem?
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: "Gareth Pearce" <tilps at hotmail dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:56:51 -0400
- Subject: Re: hmmm possible gpl problem?
At 01:05 AM 4/24/2002, Gareth Pearce wrote:
>>In the case of the vcdimager issue recently discussed on this list, I
>>was downloading it *because I wanted to used it*, and when I installed
>>it, it didn't work: cygwin DLL conflicts. This clued me that the
>>program (a) used cygwin [Cool!!] and (b) distributed cygwin1.dll
>>[conflicted with my "real" cygwin installation; not cool.] I was
>
>maybe this is what caused the program to crash when i ran it, but i suspect not, since its linked against cygwin.dll - not cygwin1.dll, which i wouldnt expect to conflict with my cygwin1.dll (Although maybe i am just plain wrong:P).
It's the latter. ;-) It doesn't matter what the name of the DLL is.
Special steps need to be taken to avoid the internals of 2 Cygwin DLLs from
conflicting with each other. While this may have been done in this case,
it's some effort so it's unlikely.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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