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Re: [Patch] cygcheck: warn about empty path-components


On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 06:26:36PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 12:11:05AM +0200, Bas van Gompel wrote:
> >> >Op Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:13:23 -0400 schreef Christopher Faylor:
> >> >:  On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 08:36:38AM +0200, Bas van Gompel wrote:
> >> >: > Op Sat, 9 Oct 2004 19:18:13 -0400 schreef Christopher Faylor
> >> >: > So cygcheck will have the same problem...
> >> >:
> >> >:   Right, but cygcheck can rely on the fact that cygwin1.dll is around, at
> >> >:  least, if necessary.
> >> >
> >> >The dll is/should be around after setup ran (in install-mode), as well.
> >>
> >> Right.  But it may not be loadable.  I don't know if you can still use
> >> LoadLibrary on dlls which lack the correct permissions or not.
> >
> >FYI: you can't.  Just tested on WinXP Pro.  HTH,
>
> Wow, that was fast.  Thanks for the feedback.
>
> cgf

You're welcome.  It helps to have a pre-compiled "loader.exe" executable
that does a dlopen(argv[1]) and prints the return value. :-D
	Igor
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