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Re: dll version collision


Hello, Igor!

On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 06:33:20PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > * It isn't possible with the current cygwin.
> It is possible, but non-trivial.

Well, I've meant the binary DLL installed using setup.


> One way to have Cygwin automatically modify the shared memory area name is
> to compile it with debugging (by passing the --enable-debugging flag to
> configure).

Wow, it's even partly implemented!


> The trick here is that once you have such a cygwin1.dll,
> you'll have to spawn the process that uses it via Windows mechanisms,
> rather than Cygwin's own fork.

Thanks for the info! Do you know a good overview of exec, similar to
that of fork, given in the user's guide?


> I repeat: you really should know what you're doing before you attempt
> this.  I can't emphasize this enough.

Are there any other implications that readily come to your mind?


With kind regards,
Baurjan.

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