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On 02/10/2009, Linda Walsh wrote:
>     Plblblblb....! (*raz*)
> 
>     Um...so..um...
>     I know it could spoil your day and all...but it really would
> be more *linux* like if it was added to the environment variables.

OK, I need to be clear.  I have nothing against the enviroment variable
idea.  I was making (a little) joke.

If you'd like to see this happen, I'd suggest offering it as a patch
to 'setup.exe'.  Since I'm not the gatekeeper for 'setup.exe' code,
whether or not I'm convinced it's a good idea isn't necessarily
going to help or hurt your cause.  The patch is likely to be the path of
least (though not necessarily 'no') resistence.

> I forget, does Cygwin offer the option of installing for 1 user vs. 
> "all users"? I only remember it being installed for "all"...? 

Both are offered in 1.7.

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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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