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From:	David DOT Paterson AT csiro DOT au
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	RE: cygwin B20 won't run any executable that doesn't have a .exe
	extension
Date:	Fri, 16 May 2003 12:54:03 +1000
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>Cygwin B20 is ancient - So ancient, that you cannot upgrade, you must do a
>clean install of the current Cygwin.

I'll send that on to CFX. I doubt if they'll do anything as they're not
upgrading 4.4 any more, just sending occasional bug fixes. Version 4.4 was
released in 2001, in time for Windows NT 4.0 with service pack 5.

>Is CFX really commercial software? (The website seems to suggest so).

I'll say it is, with a hefty annual fee. It's my bread and butter. I've
previously run it on  SGI machines, never before on Intel. 

>Which leads up to the question: Which Loader is Cygwin using?

The wrapper is Demoshield demo32.exe

Inside that is 1996 Install Shield Software Corportation full.exe calling
stub.exe & stub32.exe. Package For The Web Stub. File version 2.1.5.0
Product version 2.02.001

Inside that is 1991 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3. Free Software
Foundation Inc. 675 Mass Ave Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

>You may want to hold onto your copy of B20, I am sure you will receive
requests for copies of it soon.

Yeah, I can sense the orders coming in already.

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So, is your advice "Grin and bear it" or "Fix B20 yourself" or "Force
CFX-4.4 to accept the latest Cygwin" or "Give up on Cygwin and install
Linux"?

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Dr David Paterson
David DOT Paterson AT csiro DOT au
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