Re: multiple dll's cause app to hang

[Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 04:23:08PM +0000, John Jones wrote:
> dear all
> 
> I have what I would call a major problem.
> (common across all machine types I have here)
> 
> when I compile a application such as sed and cygwin1.dll everything 
> works but if I try and mix my dll with the net version it hangs
> 
> say I have a normal net install
> 
> I compile cygwin prefix=/install
> I compile sed prefix=/install
> 
> now if I remove cygwin1.dll from /install/bin/ sed executes fine
> if I replace /bin/cygwin1.dll with my compiled version from /install 
> everything works
> 
> but if I mix the two it just hangs and causes DrWatson to complain if I 
> ctrl-C it.

The Cygwin DLL is documented to run in highlander mode.
You can only have cygwin1.dll once in $PATH.

Corinna

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