At 06:34 PM 7/9/2004, you wrote: >Hello, I am wishing to release a version of a Mud codebase I created and >have it packaged ready to run in windows. I am looking for the specific >files I need to have packaged up to meet the requirements for the source of >the cygwin1.dll. Are there specific files required for the dll and do I >need to provide any other source files for any other programs or libraries >that might have been used to compile my source? Thanks.
If your distribution uses Cygwin and you include the DLL with your distribution, you need the source required to build that version of the DLL. You can download the source for the Cygwin DLL with the binary package via 'setup.exe'. However, the preferred method of distribution is to *not* bundle the Cygwin DLL with your package but instead point folks to the Cygwin site, with any directions/recommendations you want to make. This is preferred because it helps to maintain the requirement that there be only 1 cygwin1.dll on the user's system. Otherwise, those who package and distribute their software separate from the Cygwin distribution or by means other than 'setup.exe' run the risk of generating conflicts if users already have or will install Cygwin in the future. All this is predicated on the notion that your package is open source of course. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
