edit viric's findings

(viric) I think Side-by-side components are the way to go, so DLL are not taken as *strictly shared* by Windows only based on the filename. This document section 3.3 says that this behaviour of sxs will only happen if the files are placed in the named directory, or otherwise they will be taken as shared.

edit invalidmagic's findings

i've been experimenting with nix on windows and mingw as a new toolchain: 

https://invalidmagic.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/bringing-nix-to-its-limits/

two problems (discussed at the blog posting from above):

  • curl vs curl.exe seems to create problems (as cygwin sees both as the same program)
  • symlinks and dll files (PATH, missing LD_LIBRARY_PATH) is another

just don't forget to check it out! --Invalidmagic 19:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

test if comments work
yes, this is another line ;-)
--Invalidmagic 18:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
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