X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:30:22 +0100 From: "Mark Fisher" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Why are Windows paths broken in make 3.81? In-Reply-To: <44C4FF71.6050505@netacquire.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9c2aabaf0607211629u4e29ffa1w5f09b3d8e5a923fc@mail.gmail.com> <44C1796F.50308@netacquire.com> <20060722222244.GB18054@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <44C4FF71.6050505@netacquire.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 7/24/06, Joachim Achtzehnter wrote: > This sarcastic response to one sentence out of a much longer post quoted in > isolation suggests that a clarification is in order. here here! i'd like to add that i'm getting fed up of reading sarcastic comments from cgf since i rejoined the mailing list. this particular gem: >>I assumed the compiled program would work in a bash >>shell but it only works in a dos shell-its too late to >>worry about why that is. I miss unix. > >Yeah, things work a lot better in a dos shell on unix. ( http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-07/msg00682.html ) the sole comment to an entire post sums up for me a very arrogant attitude towards people with less knowledge who need help. this forum (i hope) was never meant as a personal sarcasm area and to read it it's very annoying. if you don't have something constructive to say, lay off laying into people. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/