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Subject: Re: is there a sendmail ?
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:26:42 +0100
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>> Well, I'm currently trying to learn the details of setup.exe's
>> package handling code, to squish the bug I've mentioned here
>> (packages show up even if not cached, present since 2.248). But,

Oops! I meant to type 2.258 - sorry to cause confusion.

>> once I've done that, I'd quite like a reason to learn more about
>> cygwin internals - although I'm not sure how much I will be able to
>> understand well enough to change. 
>> 
>> So, if time rather than complexity has been the problem, I might be
>> able to help. Is your work-in-progress anywhere downloadable?
> 
> The implementation needs
> 1) updating to HEAD.
> 2) fork handlers reimplemented (currently broken).
> and that should be it.
> 
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-09/msg01780.html

Got it - thanks!

Max.


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