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Subject: Re: press for cygwin
From: "jmarshall@pop.enterprise.net" <jmarshall@mail.enterprise.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 08:04:00 -0400
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> It actually is not trivial at all.

Well, it doesn't seem to be too bad.  The detection is pretty localised
in tar.cc.  Or perhaps I'm missing something?

> As I also keep mentioning, it
> requires that someone who cares about this will have to actually do it
> rather than report that it is possible to do it.

As people have probably noticed, I care about this. :-)

So I'm working on it.  My network connectivity is pretty random at the
moment, but I should be connected enough to show anyone interested in a
couple of days.

    John

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