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RE: bash and make are trapped in an endless loop
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'watch out for cheque forging internet kooks henny youngman didn't and now only 91 years later he is dead'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:15:17 +0100
- Subject: RE: bash and make are trapped in an endless loop
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
----Original Message----
>From: Dave Korn
>Sent: 27 June 2005 16:04
> ----Original Message----
>> From: Ross Boulet
>> Sent: 27 June 2005 15:54
>
>>> ----Original Message----
>>>> From: Christian Matuszewski
>>>> Sent: 27 June 2005 12:42
>
>>>> When i then kill make with Ctrl-C and enter the asterisk in the command
>>>> line, I have the same behaviour, i. e. executing '*' will give the same
>>>> messages and ends in an endless loop.
>>>
>>> WDDTT!
>>>
>> Maybe it's just Monday and I'm brain dead, but I couldn't
>> find WDDTT in the OLOCA or elsewhere. Could someone please enlighten me?
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
> http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/D/Don-t-do-that-then-.html
>
It may be apocryphal, but I've seen the origin of the joke attributed to
Henny Youngman before.
http://www.funny2.com/henny.htm
cheers,
DaveK
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