Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-apps-owner AT cygwin DOT com List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com From: "John Morrison" To: Subject: RE: which which Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:58:22 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <3C332EFD.7161A453@yahoo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal > -----Original Message----- > [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf Of Earnie Boyd > "Morrison, John" wrote: > > Personally, I'd rather identify the apps which _arn't_ GNU. I > didn't know > > that the (current) version of which for cygwin wasn't the GNU > version. This > > ment that I kept wondering why it wasn't in 'sync' with the 'latest' GNU > > one. > > > > Uhm, "Use the source, Luke" (tm). Alternatively for this particular > case you could also search the cygwin-announce archive for such hints. > I know that Corinna said that it was here own version of which when she > announced it. :) yeah, I know I could use the source, but at the time I had no interest in it, wasn't subscribed to any of the mailing lists and used Cygwin as a complete (still am to a fair degree) newbie. I just assumed (yea 'ass U me') that it was the GNU one. Maybe all the packages ought to state where they originated? J.