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From:	John Williams <jwilliams AT itee DOT uq DOT edu DOT au>
Subject:	Re: Bug in Cygwin bash?
Date:	Fri, 04 Apr 2003 07:57:04 +1000
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friedman_hill ernest j wrote:
> I think John Williams wrote:
> 
>>It seems not many people build linux kernels under cygwin - I think
>>if they did, this issue I've found would have been reported earlier,
>>because it's the first step in the kernel configuration process.
> 
> 
> OK, I've gotta ask -- WHY do you want to do this in the first place?

Porting uClinux to an embedded target, the toolchain for which runs 
under Cygwin.  I agree it would be somewhat perverse to build an i386 
linux kernel under Cygwin!

Cheers,

John



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