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Re: tar, win-path conversion bug
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:08:19 -0400
- Subject: Re: tar, win-path conversion bug
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On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:02:35PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
>According to Christopher Faylor on 7/26/2006 9:58 PM:
>>>It's certainly not the highest priority on my list. I would just stick
>>>with POSIX paths.
>>
>>What a crazy idea.
>
>Almost as crazy as the notion of avoiding Windows paths with cygwin
>make. Who would have thought?
Certainly not me.
But, then, I often want to use Cygwin as a dessert topping, so my use
may not be standard.
cgf