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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:01:31 -0700
From: Dario Alcocer <alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: gzip.exe as symlink...
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In-Reply-To: <005601c22be1$c1fb8f00$0100a8c0@wdg.uk.ibm.com>; from maxb@ukf.net on Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 10:26:53AM +0100

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 10:26:53AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
> Never mind emacs - surely it makes more sense for gzip to be the real file, and
> gunzip to be the symlink? Isn't that what most people would automatically
> assume?

Yes.  I'd say that this qualifies as packaging bug.

OTOH, I agree with Rob that the NTemacs package in question is
probably broken also.

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Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com -- http://www.helixdigital.com

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