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Troy Bull wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> Troy Bull wrote:
>>  > Greetings
>>  >
>>  > Over the last few days I have ran into the error where a filename is
>>  > too long for cygwin.  I know this has been discussed does anyone have
>>  > a timeline for when this might get changed?
>>
>>  It will be changed for the 1.7.x series.  You can experiment with the
>>  snapshots <http://cygwin.com/snapshots/> if you like.  There are no
>>  firm timeline for the release yet.
>>
> 
> this looks interesting and I am glad to give it a try.  That being
> said, how do i use it, just replace my current cygwin1.dll with the
> one I download from this snapshot page?

Yes, if you just want to use it.  If you want to build things against
this, then you need the larger set of files.  Make sure you've stopped
all Cygwin apps (including services) before doing the replace.

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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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