At 10:02 AM 12/22/2004, you wrote: >On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 09:44:45AM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: >>At 01:44 AM 12/22/2004, you wrote: >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Larry Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> Chaos. >>>> >>>> Windows does not support loading of DLLs through links. >>> >>>Thanks Larry, another validation of my distrust of windoze :-) >> >> >>OK, well then I guess I should do a little work to dispel some of your >>distrust. :-) >> >>After rereading this thread, I realize I'm wrong about this. :-( When I >>originally read the comment about linking, I thought "symbolic link", which >>is done so often with .so's on Linux/Unix. That won't work because the >>Windows loader will not load DLLs through Cygwin's symbolic links. However, >>the original response did not include the '-s' flag for 'ln'. Without it, >>you get a "hard link" on NTFS formatted partitions and a copy everywhere >>else. Windows will load either of these as a DLL (no surprise in the second >>case at least ;-) ). >> >>Sorry for the confusion (mine and that which I caused). > >Even if it was "ln -s", it's hardly fair to blame windows for not honoring >a cygwin invention -- symbolic links.
Aye, that it would! -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
