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From:	Bob Rossi <bob_rossi AT cox DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: 3.81 and windows paths
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> I can imagine that the immediate response to this complaint will be "fix
> your Makefiles to work with Cygwin if it's such an important component."  As
> others have mentioned, this is no simple task in very large Makefile systems
> that support a wide variety of compilation toolchains.  Cygwin make has
> supported Win32 paths for a long time, so much that I would say that people
> have come to rely on it.  I am not saying that the changes are impossible;
> just that it is a larger inconvenience than some may realize.

I second this thought. I'm stuck on 3.80 until I have the time to figure
out how to port to 3.81. I may simply wait for 3.82 and hope the feature
removed comes back.

Bob Rossi

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