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From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
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Subject: RE: file not working on executables?
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:35:36 -0500
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[snip]
> > Again, I 100% share the notion that text mounts should not 
> be necessary.
> > But when even such basic apps as tar get this wrong, I simply don't 
> > see how anybody can realistically entertain the idea that 
> eliminating 
> > them will somehow solve any problems.
> 
> You're a lucky guy that you don't have problems with textmode 
> mounts

Well, yeah I guess, but again, what are these problems of which you speak?

> but from my point of view, CRLF lineendings are just 
> insane and dealing with them in libraries and applications is 
> a real PITA.
> 

There's an old saying where I come from: "People in Hell want icewater."
Sure it's a PITA; welcome to Computer Science.

> Dunno how you work, but I for one use native Win apps only if 
> it's totally unavoidable.  I certainly don't use a native 
> Win32 editor as long as I have vim and I certainly don't 
> create textfiles with CRLF lineendings in them.  If I get 
> those files, my first action is to convert them to LF.
> 
> However, that's getting cygwin-talk fodder.  So please move 
> any further discussion there.  Reply-To set accordingly.
>

(Oops, apparently not! ;-))

Well, any LF/CRLF religious debate perhaps belongs there.  But religious
issues aside, the change you're proposing is a major change to long-standing
Cygwin functionality that would affect a large number of users.  Such
discussion most certainly belongs on cygwin@.
 
> 
> Corinna

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle


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