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Subject: Re: [1.7] wordexp()/wordfree() missing?
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On Mar 22 20:26, Ren? Berber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Using Cygwin 1.7.0(0.193/5/3), there is /usr/include/wordexp.h but the
> functions defined there are not in a library (they belong to libc).
> 
> Do I need a ?-development package?   The comment at the end of the
> wordexp.h file is strange, it says you need bash... what has that to do
> with a library?

The library functions call bash to perform some actions.  Don't ask
me for details, I never used that stuff.  Which is no wonder given that
I didn't even know that the functions are available in newlib.  I've
just applied a patch to CVS to export them from Cygwin 1.7.


Thanks,
Corinna

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