X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:17:38 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: simplifying rebaseall Message-ID: <20100918231738.GB29546@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4C938040 DOT 3080704 AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm> <20100918214807 DOT GA29546 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 12:43:17AM +0200, Al wrote: >On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 05:48:07PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>scripts to control compilation. To compile somethng is a typical use >>>of cygwin. >> >> No, it really isn't. > >I quote wikipedia: > >Cygwin is used heavily for porting many popular pieces of software to >the Windows platform. It is used to compile Sun Java, OpenOffice.org, >and even server software, like lighttpd. > >If that isn't valid any more, it's time to update the article. Maybe this will help: http://cygwin.com/dontbelieveeverythingyoureadonrandomsitesaboutcygwin.html cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple