On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 18:11 +0000, Dave Korn wrote: > Why would any app (in general, and yours in particular) /need/ to link to > cygwin1.dll? The only reason is for the POSIX/Unix/Linux compatibility it > provides, because that is _all_ that cygwin1.dll does.
It is quite possible this need arises naturally in a dynamically linked application, where for one reason or another you end up mixing and matching plugins. After all, cygwin1.dll is just a Windows dll. -- John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net> Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net -- 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/
