Is Cygwin really required?

[Rolf Campbell]

Luciano wrote:
> So, sed 4.0.7 for Win32 has just seen the light of day, with a few 
> bug fixes. Cygwin currently uses 4.0.5. Can I just drop in the new 
> Win32 version in my /bin directory, or do I have to wait for an ad 
> hoc Cygwin port? Apparently, these programs we use are linked to 
> Cygwin1.dll somehow...
> 
> Countless thanks,
> 
The Win32 version will not support posix paths.  But, other than that, 
it should still work fine.



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