On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 11:09:18AM -0500, Bob Rossi wrote: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 03:48:01PM +0000, Eric Blake wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > My application recently started depending on readline 5.1. In Cygwin, I > > > installed in setup.exe > > > All->Devel->readline, and I have version 5.1-1 as the current. > > > > Did you also pick up libreadline6-5.1-1? readline-5.1-1 only contains > > the headers and static link library, but using plain -lreadline without > > also using -static picks up the dynamic link library. The .dll is > > purposefully > > shipped in a different package, since the .dll is required by base > > packages, but the headers and static libraries are only needed in > > a development environment. I don't know of a way to make setup.exe > > force dependencies across experimental versions (ie. if you select > > just readline-5.1-1, it would be nice if cygwin.exe could then automatically > >also select libreadline6-5.1-1). > > Thanks for the prompt reply. Yes, I think I did install that. It's very > odd to me that there is libreadline-6-5.1-1, since there is no readline > version 6. Are you suggesting the cygwin package manager has no way of > dealing with multiple version of a library? > > > By the way, following the directions here, by attaching the output > > of cygcheck -svr, would have made it more obvious to me if you > > are experiencing the version mismatch that I think you are: > > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Sorry, attached is the output.
OK, actually, I pulled a major NO NO. Sorry. After I read your comments I installed the package. Then I did the cygcheck command. So, things are working fine now, with your help. Thanks very much. Is there any reason this important library isn't installed by default? Thanks, Bob Rossi -- 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/
