multiple cygwin1.dlls

[Steve Kelem]

If the "helpful" information to which you're referring is "use only the most recent
version", how do I tell which is the most recent version? I don't think file date is a
reliable indicator.

Thanks,
Steve

Chris Faylor wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 04:50:11PM -0800, Steve Kelem wrote:
> >I'm having trouble with xfree from
> > ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/pre-alpha-xfree-cygwin-b20.1.tar.bz2
> >
> >I'm running on Win NT 4.0 SP6 with Cygwin 1.0.
> >
> >When I try to run "XGGI -targets directx &", I get the message:
> >{ASTONMARTIN:kelem:281} g:\Cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\XGGI.exe: ***
> >conflicting versions of cygwin1.dll detected.  Use only the most recent
> >version.
> >
> >    0       0 [unknown (0x1D8)] (unknown) 0 lock_pinfo_for_update: rc 0,
> >pinfo_mutex 0xFFFFFFFF, Win32 error 6
> >
> >In fact, I do have two cygwin1.dll files:
> >G:/Cygwin/bin/cygwin1.dll
> >G:/Cygwin/usr/X11R6/bin/cygwin1.dll
> >
> >It looks like the problem is that I'm running Cygwin 1.0 instead of
> >b20.1. What do I have to do to get xfree to run under Cygwin 1.0?
>
> You should follow the helpful directions.  Use only the most recent
> version of cygwin1.dll.  In this case, that would be the v1.0 version.
> Delete the B20 version.  You don't need it.
>
> cgf