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RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52


On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote:

> On 10 May 2006 15:24, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> >> On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >>
> >>> Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE,
> >>> undeniably, running on windows.  That's special.
> >>
> >>   What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special?  ;)
> >>
> >>> Why does cygwin require patches, indeed...
> >>
> >>   To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it?
> >
> > As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the
> > internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes...
>
>   Isn't there a bit of a contradiction there?  "Afloat in the water" but
> with holes is more commonly referred to as "sinking", isn't it?

Not if the holes are above the waterline. ;-)

>   And even if we weren't in the water at all, it's still worth patching
> holes. It keeps the magic smoke in.

Oh, is that what it was?  And I always thought it was steam from the
built-in steam engine...
	Igor
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