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Dave Korn wrote:
> On 12 January 2007 03:06, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> 
>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 07:48:02PM -0500, Sparky Sparky wrote:
>>>> I know this is a newbie question, but I can't find it in the
>>>> documentation. How (if?) do you compile a standard x86 source to
>>>> support cygwin?
>>> How would you build the application on linux?  Same way, i.e., something
>>> like: 
>>>
>>> gcc -o foo foo.c
>>
>> Wrong!  You type "make".
>>
>> Phsh, newbies. ;-)
>>
> 
> Wrong!  You type "./configure", then you type "make".
> 
> Phsh, oldbies!  
> 
> [ hmm.. autoconf.. automake... aclocal... we could probably take this back
> waay too far :) ]

LOL!  Sorry for extending the thread but I figured since I diverted it, I
should probably also make sure the diversion ends here before it gets too
silly. :-)

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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