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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 19:04:13 -0400
From: rich-paul@rich-paul.net
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Subject: Re: Building cygwin1.dll
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In-Reply-To: <20020528171241.GA2040@redhat.com>; from cgf-noreply@cygwin.com on Tue, May 28, 2002 at 01:12:41PM -0400

Real programmers use cat > a.out.  xxd is for wimps.

On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 01:12:41PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:28:04PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> >At 12:03 PM 5/28/2002, rich-paul@rich-paul.net wrote:
> >>First, a question for the list: Are problems with building cygwin
> >>on-topic for this list?  I know y'all don't like custom setups, and
> >>custom building may be worse!
> >
> >I'm not sure what "custom building" means but issues with building the
> >Cygwin DLL are on-topic for this list.  Generally speaking though, the
> >process should be as described in the FAQ entry:
> >
> >How do I rebuild the tools on my NT box?
> >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC102
> 
> Yeah, but I have a lot of problems with those instructions.  I've found
> that I generally have to convert all of the C code to Modula 3 and
> rewrite the Makefiles as c-shell scripts before I can rebuild anything.
> Sometimes I have to hand-compile stuff, too.  That's pretty tedious.
> 
> Of course, maybe this is just my own personal preferences showing
> through.
> 
> cgf
> 
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