Is Cygwin really required?

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)]

Luciano wrote:
> So, sed 4.0.7 for Win32 has just seen the light of day, with a few 
> bug fixes. Cygwin currently uses 4.0.5. Can I just drop in the new 
> Win32 version in my /bin directory, or do I have to wait for an ad 
> hoc Cygwin port? Apparently, these programs we use are linked to 
> Cygwin1.dll somehow...
> 
> Countless thanks,
> 


Which programs use cygwin1.dll?  The Win32 sed 4.0.7 or all the
tools provided by the Cygwin distribution?

I wouldn't recommend replacing your Cygwin version of sed with
some generic Win32 version.  Keep'em separate because they're
not the same beast (unless the Win32 verison is linked to
cygwin1.dll too)

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