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On 7/12/2012 8:03 AM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Steven Hartland!
>
>>> There really is not much point in rehashing this again under a different
>>> subject.
>>>
>>> If you or anyone would like to offer patches which change the behavior
> <emphasis>
>>> while keeping everyone happy about .exe handling
> </emphasis>
>>> please do so.
>
>> Isn't the commit which changed the behaviour stored so where,
>> as this has worked fine in the past, so in theory it could be
>> just applied in reverse?
>
> Reading comprehension is the skill you should train. Really.

Indeed Steven.  Please review all the comments from this thread and
the history of this change.  While you view this as a bug, others
view it as a feature.  This is one area where Cygwin has to try to
straddle the Windows and Linux worlds and there is no completely
painless solution.  There are multiple workarounds that have already
been presented to you if this new behavior doesn't suit your needs.
Or you can "wow" us all with your abilities to find a comprehensive
solution that no one has found before.

-- 
Larry

_____________________________________________________________________

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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