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Re: Problem with cygwin1.dll and xfree
- From: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at yahoo dot com>
- To: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Cc: "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 12:22:29 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Problem with cygwin1.dll and xfree
--- Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> wrote:
>
> Harold L Hunt wrote:
>
> >
> > Hey, go easy on yourself. Most users like to argue with us about how
> they
> > don't have a second copy of cygwin1.dll on their system. After a few
> rounds
> > they end up finally doing the search and, lo!, they find a second copy
> of
> > cygwin1.dll. You should be commended for not arguing and instead
> doing the
>
> What I'd like to know, is how all of these users ended up with
> cygwin1.dll in /system in the first place. They all claim that they
> didn't do it themselves; or perhaps they did do it themselves,
> "following instructions a long time ago" [strange that the bug only
> cropped up "now" ] -- but who is telling people to do this?
>
> Is there some program out there that uses cygwin, and installs
> cygwin1.dll into /system? Is there some website out there that tells
> people to do this? Can we hunt them down and flame them with vigour?
Chuck,
If I'm not mistaken, I believe WinCVS does tell them to put the dll in
system.
Cheers,
Nicholas
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