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[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Adam Thompson wrote:
> On 18/03/2008, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
>>  So, we DON'T WANT people doing this.  What we actually want a 3PP to do
>>  is check if there is a version of cygwin installed and use the installed
>>  version if it is a newer or conditionally upgrade if it is not.
>>
> 
> The problem with this is that it requires the immediate and total
> cooperation of all 3PPs.
> 
> Sure - Acme Software might change their application to check for a
> pre-existing instance of Cygwin, and let's say it finds one being used
> for KillerApp 1.5.  All well and good.
> 
> The next time the user re-installs or updates Killer App 1.5, if it
> doesn't do the check, it breaks Acme's software.
> 
> Unfortunately, KillerApp Co take the view of "well, our software still
> works, it must be a problem with Acme".
> 
> A package designed to do these checks would certainly be a good idea,
> but it isn't going to happen (be adopted) overnight, and in the
> meantime, the option of having an isolated cygwin environment is very
> alluring.  So tempting in fact, that I've been considering recompiling
> with a view to stopping 3rd party apps breaking the sshd which is on
> our base Win2K3 build.
> 

I feel like I'm caught in a temporal causality loop...

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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