From b08f656e6bbcad6190255e5b4afad993683442d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: davidsb Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:17:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Entry 'Is it OK to have multiple copies of the DLL?': Emphasise that no, it's not OK. --- winsup/doc/how.texinfo | 14 +++++--------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/how.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how.texinfo index 55b90a2b06..0a8c1d0e30 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how.texinfo @@ -252,17 +252,13 @@ properly). @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"? -- 2.11.0