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Re: We need steenking patches (Re: Cygwin kill utility...)


On Apr 10 05:58, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Steven Penny!
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Warren Young wrote:
> >> If you think web code repository searching and a public bug tracker are
> >> primary barriers to contribution, you aren't being honest with yourself.
> >> They are nice, but not necessary.
> 
> > I am honest with myself. I, as everyone have limited time.
> 
> Seems like the limit on your time is very laxed.
> For the time you wrote all the posts to this list, I've downloaded whole
> Cygwin /cvs/src, found the offended string, patched the file, and it took me 2
> days to rebuild it only because I wasn't familiar with out-of-the tree build
> system. (Had to read building instructions first, yeah...)
> Now, I'm a happy owner of a custom cygpath that doesn't annoy me with
> insignificant warnings.

Wanna send the patch to cygwin-patches(*)?


Corinna

(*) I vaguely recall some discussion about cygpath warnings but I
    forgot the details...

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer                 cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat

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