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From: Rolf Campbell <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com>
Subject: Re: Is Cygwin really required?
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 15:24:56 -0400
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Luciano wrote:
> So, sed 4.0.7 for Win32 has just seen the light of day, with a few 
> bug fixes. Cygwin currently uses 4.0.5. Can I just drop in the new 
> Win32 version in my /bin directory, or do I have to wait for an ad 
> hoc Cygwin port? Apparently, these programs we use are linked to 
> Cygwin1.dll somehow...
> 
> Countless thanks,
> 
The Win32 version will not support posix paths.  But, other than that, 
it should still work fine.



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