change in behavior of make from 3.80 to 3.81

[Joachim Achtzehnter]

Dave Korn wrote:

> > Because I do not agree with your suggestion.
>
>  You don't agree that this is the cygwin list, not the mingw list?

Some people are trying to solve an issue with cygwin's build of make by 
discussing possible solutions. Those who have nothing to contribute to 
this effort would do well to just ignore this thread instead of 
responding to every second posting with remarks like this. We know that 
you dislike DOS paths (and people who use DOS paths with cygwin too?), 
so there is no need to repeatly point this out. On the specific point 
above, it is rather disingenious if MingW make is proposed as a solution 
to somebody's problem and when it is then explained that this isn't the 
case the topic becomes inappropriate. It is also not nice, to say the 
least, to omit crucial detail from quoted text, such as this:

> > You mentioned MinGW as an alternative, it does not work. Also,
> > someone on this list asked me a question, and I answered it.

If MinGW is off-topic it is off-topic for everybody, not just those on 
one side of the argument.

Again, my main point: It is ok to ignore a thread you're not interested in.

Joachim


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