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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@DeFaria.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Need help with Perl/Tk
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:32:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fjrj5d$ndd$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00e601c83d9a$0cf54e40$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>

Dave Korn wrote:
> On 13 December 2007 14:55, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>> (When it comes to DynaLoader you gotta learn to read the fine print 
>>> and make intuitive leaps :-)
>> Yes but it did indeed state "No such file or directory...". Would it 
>> be that hard for DynaLoader.pm to mention exactly which file it was 
>> looking for?
> Yes, it would, because that information is not exposed to the 
> application; you just call LoadLibrary, and if you get a file not 
> found error back, there's no way to determine if it was the library 
> DLL itself or one of the dependent DLLs that windows couldn't find.
Well then how about changing the error message to something as 
nonsensical as "Unable to find this library, or a library on which this 
one depends..."
-- 
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
All I want in life is a warm bed, and unlimited power.


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  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-13 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-13 11:26 Michael Kairys
2007-12-13 11:38 ` Reini Urban
2007-12-13 13:49   ` Michael Kairys
2007-12-13 11:52 ` Sisyphus
2007-12-13 13:44   ` Michael Kairys
2007-12-13 14:57   ` Andrew DeFaria
2007-12-13 15:08     ` Dave Korn
2007-12-13 15:32       ` Andrew DeFaria [this message]
2007-12-13 15:59         ` Dave Korn
2007-12-14  3:12           ` Andrew DeFaria
2007-12-14 10:20             ` Dave Korn
2007-12-13 15:23     ` Michael Kairys
2007-12-13 15:38       ` Andrew DeFaria
2007-12-13 23:57       ` Sisyphus
2007-12-14  1:38     ` Reini Urban
2007-12-14  2:13       ` Michael Kairys
2007-12-14 20:52         ` Michael Kairys
2007-12-17  0:48           ` Jason Pearce
2007-12-14  3:15       ` Andrew DeFaria

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