From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David A. Cobb" To: Robert Collins Cc: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: DLL naming conventions Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 14:38:00 -0000 Message-id: <39B567C7.E38AB754@home.com> References: <17B78BDF120BD411B70100500422FC6309E0C7@IIS000> <002501c016b3$0ea0f340$f7c723cb@lifelesswks> X-SW-Source: 2000-09/msg00163.html Robert Collins wrote: > There a path trick used in system integration on *metaframe/ NT Terminal > Server* machines to keep dll hell to a minimum - I just remembered it... > > adding (windows path format) .\bin;..\bin;..\..\bin; to the front if your > path allowed different applications to find different versions of dlls with > the same name, the installer just moved the customised .dll to the farthest > point in the path that did cause issues... > > maybe a similar trick could help? Although it doesn't get round the > in-mmeory issue for win9x/nt 4.0 workstation & server That would also address the synaptic gap caused because XNix and Cygwin do not scan "current" first, while Windoz does. I boot it quite often by typing "scriptname" when I want a script that is in the current directory. -- David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate "Don't buy or use crappy software" "By the grace of God I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner" -- The Way of a Pilgrim [R. M. French, tr.] -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com