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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:15:34 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Questions about converting apps to cygwin
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On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 12:36:12PM +0100, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>Right, these functions are from libgen, who's functionality is not yet
>available in Cygwin.  I hope to have everything finished RSN.  ATM I've
>only done basename() and dirname(), but I don't mind adding these if
>someone can give me their prototypes and what exactly they are supposed
>to do (e.g.  print error message and exit, not show be the source
>code).

I keep saying that if there are packages to be added that are already
written for *BSD. 1) They package should go to newlib and 2) The source
should come from *BSD.

cgf

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