X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 21:46:16 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Suggestion for run (with patch) Message-ID: <20070410014616.GA10566@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <7231C15EAC2F164CA6DC326D97493C8B02F8FE34 AT exchange35 DOT fed DOT cclrc DOT ac DOT uk> <20070409145533 DOT GA8977 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <7231C15EAC2F164CA6DC326D97493C8B02F8FE3E AT exchange35 DOT fed DOT cclrc DOT ac DOT uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7231C15EAC2F164CA6DC326D97493C8B02F8FE3E@exchange35.fed.cclrc.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 10:00:04PM +0100, Adye, TJ (Tim) wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>I don't see any reason to include a non-cygwin version of a program in >>the *cygwin* distribution. If you don't have cygwin1.dll in the path, >>then you aren't running in a cygwin environment. >> >>This is not to say that I don't understand perfectly why someone might >>want to not use cygwin or how wonderful it might be not to use >>cygwin1.dll. This just isn't an issue we need to deal with here. > >This is nothing to do with knocking Cygwin. I'm talking about using >run-native.exe to start Cygwin programs. However, when starting Cygwin >programs from Windows, I find it clearer to setup the PATH (and perhaps >start ancillary programs like Exceed) before invoking a Cygwin program. I tried to make it clear that I understand why someone might want this. However, this is the *cygwin* mailing list which supports the "cygwin* distribution. The only time we include non-cygwin utilities in this distribution is to help in situations (like setup.exe or cygcheck.exe) where including a non-cygwin application is inavoidable. So, sorry, but your request to include a non-cygwin version of a program in the cygwin distribution has been vetoed. It's entirely up to the maintainer if they want to include the facility in the source code to build without cygwin however. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/