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From: Sam Steingold <sds AT gnu DOT org>
Subject: Re: setup.hint / ldesc
Date: 05 Sep 2003 15:33:16 -0400
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> * In message <20030905190243 DOT GC4483 AT redhat DOT com>
> * On the subject of "Re: setup.hint / ldesc"
> * Sent on Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:02:43 -0400
> * Honorable Christopher Faylor <cgf-rcm AT cygwin DOT com> writes:
>
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 12:45:40PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
> >RPM *.spec lets me include the summary from an external file:
> >
> >%description
> >%(cat SUMMARY)
> >
> >can I do something similar with setup.hint/ldesc?
> 
> No.
> 
> The description of the setup.ini/setup.hint "language" at
> http://cygwin.com/setup.html is accurate.

any plans to add something like that?
E.g., is a field starts with $, pass it to the shell...

ldesc is not used at this time, so, I guess, I will just leave it blank :-)


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