'Wrong' dll names in 4.3.0-1 packages -> breaks all 3rd partyX apps

Ton van Overbeek v-overbeek@cistron.nl
Sat Aug 2 02:24:00 GMT 2003


Christopher Faylor wrote:
> That's interesting.  What third party apps would be specifically linking
> to cygwin-xfree DLLs?
Examples: gs.exe (ghostscript), xdvi.exe (from TeTeX), fvwm etc.

Harold Hunt wrote:
> No. Older X apps will need to be recompiled for 4.3.0. This is a change
> that needed to happen. In the meantime, you can keep the old DLLs in the
> same directory and it will allow older X apps to run side by side with
> new X apps.

Understood. But when you upgrade via setup.exe the old dll's are removed.
Maybe we need a separate lib package with the 4.2 libraries for the old
apps. There is no way to get both the old and new dll's installed
simultaneously using setup.exe.

Ton van Overbeek



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