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		Dylan16807 on March 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rpath, or why lld doesn’t work on NixOS Libraries in the program install folder completely bypass dll hell. It's the original fix!

pjmlp on March 16, 2022 [–]

So much that it has the code name of xcopy deploy, an alusion to how MS-DOS applications used to be delivered.

However there is also the WinSxS alternative, adding a manifest file to the executable.

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