On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 01:40:47PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: >> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> * On the subject of "RE: setup.hint / ldesc" >> * Sent on Sun, 7 Sep 2003 12:25:09 +0200 >> * Honorable "Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf >> > Of Sam Steingold >> >> > > Whats so hard in just following the recipe provided? >> > >> > why should I maintain two identical texts in two separate files? >> >> $ ln --help > >vow! who could have thought about it?! >could you please enlighten me how can ln help me with two files one of >which contains the other and almost nothing else??
How about if, instead, we stop talking about this? Your requirements for keeping setup.hint information in another file are really not very interesting. Just for some repeated clarification: the setup.hint files live on sources.redhat.com along with the package tar.bz2 files. We're not going to make an exception and allow you to upload a separate included file for your proposed release. If you want to use setup.hint files for something other than the cygwin release, then you can invent your own syntax and do whatever you like with setup.exe (assuming that you're using it), this being free software and all. And, as long as things are being repeated, this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg00396.html is a perfectly workable plan. I don't know why you haven't responded to this suggestion or to this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg00402.html where you are being asked to stop quoting email addresses in your text. But, please, there's no need for clarification on why you continue to respond to those suggestions which you think won't work but are silent on the suggestion that really should do what you want. Lets just stop this now. -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/