From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Don Sharp To: gnuwin32 Subject: Re: versions/compatibilities FAQ request Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:39:00 -0000 Message-id: <39C08012.76301927@dddandr.octacon.co.uk> References: X-SW-Source: 2000-09/msg00458.html 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > > > > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > > > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > > > > -- > > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > > > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com