[1.7.0-40] parallel (multiple) instances of version 1.7

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Feb 16 19:22, Pascal Favre wrote:
> Hello
> 
> The latest discussion about parallel instances are dated back to april 2008, discussing parallel instances of 1.5 and 1.7, not
> multiple instances of 1.7
> 
> I noticed when having parallel instances of 1.7 the first startet instances sets the base in /etc/fstab. All further startups (bash)
> of different cygwin installations use the first installation as their base.
> 
> Is it possible to have parallel instances of 1.7 ?

The 1.7 version changed the way the global objects are created but there
was never planned to have multiple version of 1.7.  Even though you can
use a 1.5 and a 1.7 install and run in parallel, the "there must be only
one Cygwin running" rule applies.


Corinna

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