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Re: First version of MinGW octave
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Shai Ayal |
Subject: |
Re: First version of MinGW octave |
Date: |
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:49:33 +0200 |
What is the issue with symbolic links? I was under the impression that
cygwin emulates these
Shai
On 2/16/06, Paul Kienzle <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Feb 15, 2006, at 11:56 AM, John W. Eaton wrote:
>
> > On 15-Feb-2006, Shai Ayal wrote:
> >
> > | that's what I though and what prompted me to develop octplot under
> > | cygwin. Also discussed previously on the list, it is possible to ship
> > | a custom made cygwin1.dll with a prepackaged version of octave which
> > | will make it independent of the other parts of cygwin, which window
> > | users are reluctant to install.
> >
> > I think this is generally discouraged by the Cygwin developers. Also,
> > it makes you the maintainer of your own version of Cygwin, and tends
> > to annoy the Cygwin developers if your users start complaining about
> > problems they are having with your custom cygwin1.dll on the Cygwin
> > lists.
>
> Also, this breaks if you try to run octave and cygwin simultaneously.
> Windows sees that both are called cygwin1.dll and so only loads one
> of them.
>
> This and the symbolic links are the reason I didn't release a new
> version of the octave installer.
>
> - Paul
>
>
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- Re: First version of MinGW octave, Shai Ayal, 2006/02/14
- Re: First version of MinGW octave, David Bateman, 2006/02/15
- Re: First version of MinGW octave, John W. Eaton, 2006/02/15
- Re: First version of MinGW octave, Shai Ayal, 2006/02/15
- Re: First version of MinGW octave, John W. Eaton, 2006/02/15
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