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Emphasise that no, it's not OK.
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@subsection Is it OK to have multiple copies of the DLL? @subsection Is it OK to have multiple copies of the DLL?
It is a very bad idea to have multiple *versions* of the cygwin DLL in You should only have one copy of the Cygwin DLL on your system. If you
your path. They often conflict in funny ways. have multiple versions, they will conflict and cause problems.
If you get the error "shared region is corrupted" it means you have If you get the error "shared region is corrupted" it means you have
multiple versions of cygwin1.dll running at the same time. multiple versions of cygwin1.dll running at the same time. This could
happen, for example, if you update cygwin1.dll without exiting @emph{all}
If you do have multiple versions, get rid of (or rename) all the older Cygwin apps (including inetd) beforehand.
versions, keeping only the newest one.
It should be OK to have multiple copies of the *same* DLL in your path,
though.
@subsection Where can I find "more"? @subsection Where can I find "more"?