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RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52
- From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 10:57:31 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52
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On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 10 May 2006 15:24, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> >> On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >>
> >>> Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE,
> >>> undeniably, running on windows. That's special.
> >>
> >> What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special? ;)
> >>
> >>> Why does cygwin require patches, indeed...
> >>
> >> To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it?
> >
> > As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the
> > internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes...
>
> Isn't there a bit of a contradiction there? "Afloat in the water" but
> with holes is more commonly referred to as "sinking", isn't it?
Not if the holes are above the waterline. ;-)
> And even if we weren't in the water at all, it's still worth patching
> holes. It keeps the magic smoke in.
Oh, is that what it was? And I always thought it was steam from the
built-in steam engine...
Igor
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