Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/07/08/02:01:50
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 08:15:42PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Rex Eastbourne wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > If I already have a program, such as Emacs, that comes with Cygwin,
> > should I keep my own version, or get the Cygwin version? (The shell
> > doesn't recognize the 'emacs' command, but I presume I can fix that by
> > changing my $PATH). Are there any other advantages to the Cygwin
> > versions?
>
> The Cygwin versions of programs would understand Cygwin mounts and POSIX
> paths, as well as signals. Other than that, the differences are likely to
> be superficial (depending on the program).
You left off the "and likely be slower" part.
Also on the advantage side is having a cygwin package maintainer out there
ready to address bugs and upgrade to newer versions for you.
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