X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <452BE5DB.3070301@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:26:35 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060916 Fedora/1.5.0.7-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.7 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Is there a way to install old version cygwin? References: <45264546.3030008@byu.net> <452BE236.6000300@tlinx.org> In-Reply-To: <452BE236.6000300@tlinx.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; 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 Linda Walsh wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: >> For example, it may just be a matter of figuring out which scripts >> have DOS line endings but reside on binary mounts. > --- > Having this issue surprise me, recently, on an upgrade of > Bash, I wasn't sure why it had worked before and was not working > now. > > I've never used text mounts that I know of -- always binary, > so I was surprised at seeing some change in behavior in this area. > > What was changed recently? Was it that the old, line-read > functions quietly removed CR's so bash (et al.) wouldn't see > them even on "binary" mounts? > > Seemed to be an increase in compatibility, so it seems like > it was a "Good Thing"(tm), but I just was surprised at it jumping > out so recently. > This has already discussed in the bash threads on this list. Please read through those if you need more information about the change in bash, it's reasons, and current and future solutions for files with CR/LF. -- 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/