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At 03:47 PM 8/16/2006, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>The suggestion was that a patch be submitted upstream.  I agree with the
>suggestion and have amplified on it a little in another message.
>
>This suggestion does not require further input from me.  If I was interested
>in being involved in coming up with a patch, I'd have already done so.
>
>I'm not interested in playing any further games of catch-up with you or
>anyone else.  Please don't try to involve me in your attempts to modify
>the upstream make.  However, should you actually come up with a patch, I
>will monitor the make mailing list and, if I have any objections, I'll
>make them there.

Without your support, I don't think the patch would get far.
I am thinking the patch would be something like:

#ifdef CYGWIN
#define HAVE_DOS_PATHS 
#endif


-Bill



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