DJGPP & CygWin cohabitation

[Michael A. Chase]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald Landheer" <ronald.landheer@libertysurf.fr>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 07:51
Subject: DJGPP & CygWin cohabitation


> I'm pretty sure someone on this list will be able to answer this question
> without thinking hard, so I might as well ask (and I've looked for this in
> the FAQ, but I guess this question is not frequent).
>
> I am in the process of downloading CygWin (using the setup.exe program)
and
> will install it on this computer. If the installation procedure hasn't
> changed since January, this should not be a problem.
> The possible problem is that this computer (in contrast with the previous
> one) has DJGPP on it, and DJGPP will remain in use after CygWin will be
> installed (and used as well). The question is whether this will cause
> problems, and whether I should know of any tricks before trying to
actually
> install CygWin.
> If I've read everything correctly, I will not have any problems at all:
Bash
> will simply put CygWin in the path when I run it, and my DOS box, from
which
> DJGPP is run, will keep the PATH environment variable as is. With these
> settings, I won't be able to use RHIDE with CygWin (but that's not a
> problem) but I'll be able to use them both anyway. Is this right, or am I
> missing something?

I'm not familiar with DJGPP, but it sounds like there may be some overlap in
the programs each provides.  If so, whichever directory is earlier in the
PATH environment variable will be executed.  If you add c:\cygwin\bin later
in the PATH environment variable than the DJGPP directories, you should be
able to continue using DJGPP as before from the MSDOS prompt with any
additional Cygwin utilities also being available.  I think the default
/etc/profile adds /usr/local/bin and /bin to the front of PATH, so you
should be able to use the Cygwin tools an any DJGPP tools that aren't in
Cygwin from the bash prompt as well.

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