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Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey

To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey
From: Greg Miller <gmiller@classic-games.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 02:11:59 -0600
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Michael Weiser wrote:
> Why? Someone who can't do a tar -xzvf will also be unable to use
> cygwin after install. It's the old thread which shows up here
> regularly and I'm one of those who want tar's or even better rpm's.

Except that the above tar command isn't equivalent to a full
InstallShield executable. Further, many cygwin users just want to run
one or two pieces of UNIX software, not use a full simulation of UNIX.
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References:
- RE: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey
  - From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
- Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey
  - From: Stipe Tolj <tolj@uni-duesseldorf.de>
- Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey
  - From: michael@weiser.saale-net.de (Michael Weiser)

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