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Re: make install in winsup


On 18 Aug 1999 around  1:57PM (-0400) DJ Delorie wrote:

> > IIRC, used to be, the DLL was installed as new-cygwin1.dll. I'm
> 
> The dll is *created* that way, because it's created in multiple steps
> and we don't want any cygwin programs seeing a partial cygwin1.dll and
> crashing.  If we *installed* it as new-*, it wouldn't work (the
> programs look for cygwin1.dll, not new-cygwin1.dll, and *who* is going
> to rename it after the install?)

I've *always* renamed it after the install. But only recently have I
had to change the Makefile.

OK... perhaps I don't recall correctly.

(Hmm... do you mean you're finially going to provide the release
without all that InstallShield crap... nevermind.)

-glenn

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