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[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> Hi Suahib,
> 
> >So ARE ALL
> >THE DLLs
> >are going to CYG  PREFIX?
> 
> That was my last impression.
> 
> >I guess NOT.
> 
> Well, I don't wanna argue, I just wanna be sure, that anyone 
> involved has
> any necessary information. Cywgin has become quite complex. 
> IMHO it would be
> confusing having different versions of the same library for 
> the same port.
> 

The main problem is "support".  One starts taking a library from 
package, such as zlib which 1000's of software use, rename it and put it
in a contrib directory, is bound to create "support" issues.  As Alan
explain, __most__ people do not perceive "contrib" directory as a
must, and do not install it.  We will be getting many more mails
like "I installed XFree86 and I get an error cygz.dll, no such file" etc
etc.
Therefore as a rule save my headache and reduce support issues
I prefer not to link against any library which is in /cygwin/contrib/lib
directory.

Suhaib

> Greetings,
> Jörg
>