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Re: 'Wrong' dll names in 4.3.0-1 packages -> breaks all 3rd partyXapps
- From: Ton van Overbeek <v-overbeek at cistron dot nl>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 04:24:30 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: 'Wrong' dll names in 4.3.0-1 packages -> breaks all 3rd partyXapps
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> That's interesting. What third party apps would be specifically linking
> to cygwin-xfree DLLs?
Examples: gs.exe (ghostscript), xdvi.exe (from TeTeX), fvwm etc.
Harold Hunt wrote:
> No. Older X apps will need to be recompiled for 4.3.0. This is a change
> that needed to happen. In the meantime, you can keep the old DLLs in the
> same directory and it will allow older X apps to run side by side with
> new X apps.
Understood. But when you upgrade via setup.exe the old dll's are removed.
Maybe we need a separate lib package with the 4.2 libraries for the old
apps. There is no way to get both the old and new dll's installed
simultaneously using setup.exe.
Ton van Overbeek