[Patch] cygcheck: warn about empty path-components

Igor Pechtchanski pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
Tue Oct 12 22:26:00 GMT 2004


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,
	Igor
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