[snip] > > Again, I 100% share the notion that text mounts should not > be necessary. > > But when even such basic apps as tar get this wrong, I simply don't > > see how anybody can realistically entertain the idea that > eliminating > > them will somehow solve any problems. > > You're a lucky guy that you don't have problems with textmode > mounts
Well, yeah I guess, but again, what are these problems of which you speak? > but from my point of view, CRLF lineendings are just > insane and dealing with them in libraries and applications is > a real PITA. > There's an old saying where I come from: "People in Hell want icewater." Sure it's a PITA; welcome to Computer Science. > Dunno how you work, but I for one use native Win apps only if > it's totally unavoidable. I certainly don't use a native > Win32 editor as long as I have vim and I certainly don't > create textfiles with CRLF lineendings in them. If I get > those files, my first action is to convert them to LF. > > However, that's getting cygwin-talk fodder. So please move > any further discussion there. Reply-To set accordingly. > (Oops, apparently not! ;-)) Well, any LF/CRLF religious debate perhaps belongs there. But religious issues aside, the change you're proposing is a major change to long-standing Cygwin functionality that would affect a large number of users. Such discussion most certainly belongs on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Corinna -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- 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/