X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <44C50A8B.5000803@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:59:39 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060112 Fedora/1.5-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: CGF gripes; was -> Re: Why are Windows paths broken in make 3.81? References: <9c2aabaf0607211629u4e29ffa1w5f09b3d8e5a923fc@mail.gmail.com> <44C1796F.50308@netacquire.com> <20060722222244.GB18054@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <44C4FF71.6050505@netacquire.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm 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 Mark Fisher wrote: > 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. For your own peace of mind while reading the list, put a :-) or ;-) after everything you read from cgf and it becomes hilarious. As it turns out, that's sometimes even the intent. ;-) Since a continuation of the thread in this new direction is really off-topic for this list, I'd suggest if you have a follow-up that you'd like to make or if there are others that would like to, it's best to . I've reset the "Reply-To" to facilitate the move. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/