upgrade advice for end users
Larry Hall (Cygwin)
reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Sun Jan 7 02:25:00 GMT 2007
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:49:14 -0800 (PST)
>> From: fschmidt
>>
>> 2. Replace /bin/make.exe with http://www.cmake.org/files/cygwin/make.exe .
>> The new version of make can't handle colons, so replace the new version with
>> an old make that can handle colons.
>
> The binary of Make at that URL is not an old version, it's the same
> latest version 3.81 of Make with a patch applied that makes it support
> DOS-style file names with drive letters.
And once that version stabilizes, lo-and-behold, it will become the next
release of make on Cygwin. Who would've thought? ;-) fschmidt should
really be more thorough when researching the history of a previously
discussed issue before making bold proclamations about handling such
issues and the directions Cygwin should be heading in.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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