Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 00:16:29 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: A question for Corinna Message-ID: <20010218001628.A9863@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <00f101c0988b$eab461a0$3c5350d8@bluesguitar.org> <20010217093601.D16740@cygbert.vinschen.de> <20010217201710.C32369@redhat.com> <017501c0994d$43867270$3c5350d8@bluesguitar.org> <20010217205531.A1171@redhat.com> <019701c09968$12525cd0$3c5350d8@bluesguitar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <019701c09968$12525cd0$3c5350d8@bluesguitar.org>; from matts@bluesguitar.org on Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 11:03:02PM -0600 On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 11:03:02PM -0600, Matthew Smith wrote: >Sorry, what I'm trying to ask, is if Corinna's patches to tcsh were >unneccessary? I don't know. I was asking Corinna this question. >You're saying that all she had to do was build tcsh from the original >sources, then link with automode.o? I was asking her if this would work. Since she knows about automode.o, et al, I assume that she had a reason for not using it. >Are there any exceptions to the text in, binary out general rule? >Also, is automode.o only useful for linking with C code (not C++), as >binmode.obj is? automode.o, binmode.o, and textmode.o all affect low-level I/O, the same way that mounting directories or files affect low-level I/O. There is no "C" or "C++" component. Can I suggest that you could just be writing simple test cases to figure this kind of thing out? The best teacher is experience. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple