[JDEV] Problems with Win32 JabberD (v1.4.2 & v1.4.2CVS)

Thomas Muldowney temas at box5.net
Wed Jun 19 10:06:18 CDT 2002


Ok... I'll make a new package once I'm back in windows (probably when I
buy NWN ;-]).  BTW, the suggested note is on the download site.

--temas


On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 08:48, Nathan Sharp wrote:
> Temas,
> 
> It is my understanding that the cygwin folks dislike you distributing 
> the cygwin.dll file with your cygwin application because it both causes 
> potential conflicts between cygwin versions and doesn't set up various 
> system settings, like mount points, which are technically required for 
> cygwin apps. Perhaps it would be better to not include the .dll in your 
> Windows binary but state in the instructions that you have to install 
> Cygwin before it will work.
> 
> Perhaps one of the many people who have recently had trouble w/ the 
> win32 build would be willing to write a quick installation guide for 
> windows so we can stop re-answering the question here on the lists.
> 
>   Nathan
> 
> Thomas Muldowney wrote:
> 
> >The installer includes the cygwin.dll I believe.  Also, this is why it's
> >damn hard to debug this problem.  It works fine for many, and not so
> >great for the others.
> >
> >--temas
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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