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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:49:14 -0800 (PST)
>> From: fschmidt 
>>
>> 2.  Replace /bin/make.exe with http://www.cmake.org/files/cygwin/make.exe . 
>> The new version of make can't handle colons, so replace the new version with
>> an old make that can handle colons.
> 
> The binary of Make at that URL is not an old version, it's the same
> latest version 3.81 of Make with a patch applied that makes it support
> DOS-style file names with drive letters.

And once that version stabilizes, lo-and-behold, it will become the next
release of make on Cygwin.  Who would've thought? ;-)  fschmidt should
really be more thorough when researching the history of a previously
discussed issue before making bold proclamations about handling such
issues and the directions Cygwin should be heading in.


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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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