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Re: apr hangs with accept4 and cygwin snapshots
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 02:25:49AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>On 16/07/2010 22:08, David Rothenberger wrote:
>> On 7/16/2010 1:56 PM, Refr Bruhl wrote:
>>> I am trying to compile apr-1.4.2 using cygwin
>>
>>Why? It's already part of the distribution.
>
>I don't think we should ever ask that question. It's essential to
>open-source that people be able to get the source and build it
>themselves, and asking about how to do so should always a valid
>question.
It is not inconceivable that someone might not know that something
is in the distribution or may be confused about an option in the
existing binary. So asking that question is entirely appropriate.
No one is insisting that they not build something but it is appropriate
to at least figure out what they know. It could save someone a lot
of pointless work.
cgf
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