Multiple gtk installations

[Mike Wey]

On 11/07/2013 09:02 PM, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
> Am 07.11.2013 20:28, schrieb Mike Wey:
>> On 11/07/2013 06:16 PM, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
>>
>> I don't know how other apps do this, but afaik giving each app there own
>> private copy can still cause problems.
>> If a dll with the same name as the one you are trying to load is already
>> in memory, Windows will use the the one already in memory.
>> When the version thats in memory is to old for the app you are starting
>> it will crash because of the version mismatch.
>>
>
> By "in memory" you mean already loaded into the memory of the currently
> running process?

I would say globally, i vaguely remember having a strange issue because 
of it years ago. But i can be completely wrong about that.

The MDSN docs just say: "in memory" and don't specify anything beyond that.

> Because all the process of my system use so many different versions of
> zlib1.dll that the entire thing would explode right in my face if that
> statement would apply globally.

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Mike Wey