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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>
To: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: is there a sendmail ?
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 09:17:33 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>;
<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: is there a sendmail ?


> Robert Collins wrote:
> > It's my turn now to pipe up and repeat: I'm happy to help (offer
> > guidance that is) someone finish of/rework my fifo implementation
for
> > cygwin.
>
> Well, I'm currently trying to learn the details of setup.exe's package
handling
> code, to squish the bug I've mentioned here (packages show up even if
not
> cached, present since 2.248). But, once I've done that, I'd quite like
a reason
> to learn more about cygwin internals - although I'm not sure how much
I will be
> able to understand well enough to change.
>
> So, if time rather than complexity has been the problem, I might be
able to
> help. Is your work-in-progress anywhere downloadable?

The implementation needs
1) updating to HEAD.
2) fork handlers reimplemented (currently broken).
and that should be it.

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-09/msg01780.html

:}

Rob


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