Re: versions/compatibilities FAQ request

[Don Sharp <Don.Sharp@dddandr.octacon.co.uk>]

David M Dennis wrote:
> 
> It broke out of the box on my Win 98 second edition desktop.
> 
> The sequence was to install cygwin, then to install mks toolkit.
> 

My MKS toolkit was installed first. I also have tools from virtunix.
Although
I have to be careful with PATH in the two environments, I am still
regularly using both environments and some of the virtunix tools.

Hope you succeed in having coexisting environments.

Cheers

Don Sharp

> All the file ownership cygwin had immediately went to mks, and it took
> control of other functionality as well.  cygwin was broken and not until i
> uninstalled mks toolkit did things return.  Nothing else was
> installed/uninstalled in the interim, which only took about 3 hrs to give up on
> mks toolkit, since the one I have license for is only the admin level and has no
> compile tools.
> 
> I'd prove it over again but have grown rather fond of the cygwin install and
> don't want to risk its breaking on this my only computer at present.  I might
> inherit an NT box shortly, will try this sequence there.
> 
> On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Don Sharp wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > David M Dennis wrote:
> > >
> > > The following would make exceptionally useful FAQ topics as I have not been able
> > > to run down answers from any existing cygwin site I can locate...
> > >
> > > The install version is 1.1, does that render prior versions incompatible
> > >
> > > does that include DLL 1.1.4
> > >
> > > how does DLL 1.1.4 which one sees downloadable separately sometimes, differ from
> > > install cygwin 1.1 ?
> > >
> > > is B20 compatible with either DLL 1.1.4 or install version 1.1.  If not should
> > > one stay off of B20 sites entirely.  Is it possible to back out of v1.1 to B20
> > > if one needs to in order to run a third part compile binary or are all binaries
> > > of B20 capable of installing on 1.1 ?
> > >
> > > What rpm or other command would be useful to determine what version of cygwin is
> > > running.
> > >
> > > does cygwin32, CYGWIN_98-4.10 and cygwin refer to different install versions or
> > > compatible systems.  cygwin32 is it 1.1, or B20.  CYGWIN_98-4.10 is it B20 or
> > > 1.1 .
> > >
> > > Is mks Toolkit install capable of installing on same machine as cygwin ?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> >
> > I can confirm that I run both MKS and Cygwin on the same NT4SP6a machine
> > with
> > no problems for several years.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Don Sharp
> >
> > >
> > > -dave dennis
> > > dmd@speakeasy.org
> > >
> > > On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Chris Faylor wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 12:52:56AM +0200, Jorge Andreu Garc?a wrote:
> > > > >Where can I find a Tcl/Tk version compatible with cygwin? I have heard
> > > > >that the last one (8.x) are not compatible.
> > > >
> > > > The cygwin web site would be a really good place to start.
> > > >
> > > > Look in one of the mirrors for the source.
> > > >
> > > > cgf
> > > >
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