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authorDavid Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk>2000-07-25 23:17:31 +0400
committerDavid Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk>2000-07-25 23:17:31 +0400
commit7e0482eecd057ec3f9195efb5b926341df83f3d1 (patch)
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Entry 'Is it OK to have multiple copies of the DLL?':
Emphasise that no, it's not OK.
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@subsection Is it OK to have multiple copies of the DLL?
-It is a very bad idea to have multiple *versions* of the cygwin DLL in
-your path. They often conflict in funny ways.
+You should only have one copy of the Cygwin DLL on your system. If you
+have multiple versions, they will conflict and cause problems.
If you get the error "shared region is corrupted" it means you have
-multiple versions of cygwin1.dll running at the same time.
-
-If you do have multiple versions, get rid of (or rename) all the older
-versions, keeping only the newest one.
-
-It should be OK to have multiple copies of the *same* DLL in your path,
-though.
+multiple versions of cygwin1.dll running at the same time. This could
+happen, for example, if you update cygwin1.dll without exiting @emph{all}
+Cygwin apps (including inetd) beforehand.
@subsection Where can I find "more"?