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Subject: RE: New version of setup.exe broken when running with WINE
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Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 01:38:27 +1100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hack Kampbjørn [mailto:cygwin AT hack DOT kampbjorn DOT com] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 1:13 AM

> Next verify that downgrading to a "stable" cygwin dll will 
> fix it, so search for that good old copy of cygwin B20 (B19 
> will also do here). This takes some time including going to 
> another room a back again (switching the light on while 
> returning). Install B20. And the light is back on! Send mail 
> asking why cygwin is so mean.
> 
> Get offended when someone suggests that this could be related 
> to switching the light on and off. Send mail asking why 
> cygwin endorses such a "decorated, almost baroque level of mean".

Lol!. In the context of the thread though, I think an apt analogy would be, when someone buys a new toaster that uses 110v, why are they surprised that it doesn't work? (ps Australia uses 240v AC power). The particular example was that setup.exe was no longer running under WINE... and it was phrased like that was a setup.exe issue, when setup.exe is running (not flawlessly) on all MS os's, suggesting that WINE is the root cause in this case - even though changing setup (the toaster) exposed the problem.

Rob

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