X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20100918214807.GA29546@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <4C938040.3080704@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20100918214807.GA29546@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:43:17 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: simplifying rebaseall From: Al To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 >>scripts to control compilation. To compile somethng is a typical use >>of cygwin. > > No, it really isn't. I quote wikipedia: Cygwin is used heavily for porting many popular pieces of software to the Windows platform. It is used to compile Sun Java, OpenOffice.org, and even server software, like lighttpd. If that isn't valid any more, it's time to update the article. > > This isn't a bad idea but it's not really a typical use case. =A0Perhaps = you'd > like to offer a patch to rebaseall to accomplish this? > Sure I offer a patch. Else I wouldn't come up with a suggestion. I need to work on that anyway. Al -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple