Trouble compiling C++ package

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Richard Querin wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Greg Chicares <gchicares at sbcglobal dot net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> For future reference, an attachment is preferred.
>>
> 
> Sorry 'bout that. Wasn't sure if I should.
> 
>> There's the problem; here's a possible cause:
>>
>>>   602k 2005/06/26 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>>>
>>>                   "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/5/25 19:38
>> [...]
>>>  1828k 2008/05/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>>>
>>>                   "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/5/26 20:38
>> [...]
>>> Warning: There are multiple cygwin1.dlls on your path
> 
> I have seen this mention of cygwin1.dll being in the windows\system32
> directory several times during cygwin upgrades and installations.
> However each time the dialog comes up and I choose to delete it, it
> says it can't. And whenever (including now) I manually check the
> system32 directory, both from the command line and with Windows
> Explorer, I don't see the cygwin1.dll file in there. I'm not sure why
> it's saying it's in there when it's clearly not.

Make sure you're not hiding system DLLs, etc.

> However, Warren's mention of Sonic might be of use. I do have a Sonic
> product installed, so I'm going to try and get rid of it and try
> again. There are a few local copies of cygwin1.dll on my system. (one
> for a pdfmerge program I use for instance). Will deleting those local
> copies render the programs non-functional?

Keep the path to 'cygwin1.dll' in your path and you'll have no problem.

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