Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-23 Thread Daan Hoogland
Sorry for that last one, I ment to say thanx for the tip (of the day). > "Corinna" == Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Corinna> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 09:14:14AM +0200, Daan Hoogland wrote: >> Now that you guys don't remember the subject anymore anyway;... >>

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-23 Thread Daan Hoogland
> "Corinna" == Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Corinna> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 09:14:14AM +0200, Daan Hoogland wrote: >> Now that you guys don't remember the subject anymore anyway;... >> >> > "Larry" == Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 09:14:14AM +0200, Daan Hoogland wrote: > Now that you guys don't remember the subject anymore anyway;... > > > "Larry" == Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Larry> At 01:42 PM 4/20/2002, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > > ... > >

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-22 Thread Daan Hoogland
Now that you guys don't remember the subject anymore anyway;... > "Larry" == Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Larry> At 01:42 PM 4/20/2002, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: ... >> Yeah, what ever happened to "because we're mean"? Larry> LOL! Larry>

RE: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-22 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> Charles Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > BTW, did it occur to anyone that the rapid and multiple responses to > > this email -- which, given its tone and lack of specific content > > qualifies as a troll by any objective measure -- serve to ENCOURAGE > > this sort of insistent, badgering,

RE: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-22 Thread Robert Collins
> -Original Message- > From: Bruce Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:50 AM > What if you didn't install cygwin on C: ? It is not a > requirement, is it? I have suspected my not installing it on > C: may be the source of some things being broken, an

RE: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-22 Thread Heribert Dahms
day, April 22, 2002 18:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Christopher Faylor > Subject: Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING... > > On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:55:25 -0400 Christopher Faylor > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:34:28AM -040

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-22 Thread Michael A Chase
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:55:25 -0400 Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:34:28AM -0400, Scott Evans wrote: > >Charles Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>BTW, did it occur to anyone that the rapid and multiple responses to > >>this email -- which, given its

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:34:28AM -0400, Scott Evans wrote: >Charles Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>BTW, did it occur to anyone that the rapid and multiple responses to >>this email -- which, given its tone and lack of specific content >>qualifies as a troll by any objective measure -- serv

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-22 Thread Scott Evans
Charles Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BTW, did it occur to anyone that the rapid and multiple responses to > this email -- which, given its tone and lack of specific content > qualifies as a troll by any objective measure -- serve to ENCOURAGE > this sort of insistent, badgering, and rude b

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-20 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 01:42 PM 4/20/2002, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > > BTW, did it occur to anyone that the rapid and multiple responses to > > this email -- which, given its tone and lack of specific content > > qualifies as a troll by any objective measure -- serve to ENCOURAGE this > > sort of insistent,

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-20 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
> BTW, did it occur to anyone that the rapid and multiple responses to > this email -- which, given its tone and lack of specific content > qualifies as a troll by any objective measure -- serve to ENCOURAGE this > sort of insistent, badgering, and rude behavior? > > I mean, geez -- it worked,

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson wrote: > Oh -- and one more tip: In windows (cmd.exe/command.com, etc) the > following is a perfectly valid pathspec: > A:/fred/george > I've gotten into the habit of always using forward slashes -- in both > command.com and in bash, so I don't have to worry about the 'oh y

Re: Double back slash. Was: Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Charles Wilson
Milton - d:/foo works now (in cygwin progs like bash) It even works in windows file dialogs -- but not in cmd.exe or command.com, contrary to my post a few minutes ago. I got confused. --chuck Milton Calnek wrote: > I was wondering if anyone else thinks d:\\foo is too complicated... > o

Double back slash. Was: Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Milton Calnek
I was wondering if anyone else thinks d:\\foo is too complicated... or rather that it could be simplifed to d:/foo. Or if you made the shell read :\ as :\ then we would have a more uniform interface... Hmmm... I'm sure that this issue is more complicated than I understand at this point. I'm jus

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread wayne
, on a windows box (my main sqeeze) I expect paths and file > locations to take the windows form. Just my opinion... > > Thanks for getting back to me by the way. > > barry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Ellsworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Charles Wilson
Schwartz, Barry wrote: > I'm sure you won't put this in the "intelligent" question genre but... > I've been using cygwin for years and I brag about it and make all my teammates >install it and make my managers refuse to piss away money on MKS... > Well, I think that party's over. I just install

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Charles Wilson
>>Also, the semantics and output of "which", "ls", and "cp" >>have changed too in my opinion, not the least of which is the >>fau root directory and all the cygnus stuff being in >>"/usr/local/bin" which is not a real directory on my machine. >> > > The cygnus stuff goes into c:\cygwin\bin ak

RE: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Robert Collins
> -Original Message- > From: Schwartz, Barry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 12:30 PM > To: 'Chris Ellsworth'; Schwartz, Barry; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING... > > > OK. Feeling be

RE: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Schwartz, Barry
ze) I expect paths and file locations to take the windows form. Just my opinion... Thanks for getting back to me by the way. barry > -Original Message- > From: Chris Ellsworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:37 PM > To: Schwartz, Barry; [EMAIL PRO

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Roland Glenn McIntosh
Well Barry, I understand you're pissed off, but the changes were made for logical reasons. I'm sure that a quick skim of the FAQ would answer most of your questions. And /usr/local/bin is in /usr/local/bin on a windows box, as long as you're running a cygwin shell. Otherwise it's *probably* i

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Elizabeth Barham
We're here to help you Barry. Elizabeth -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Chris Ellsworth
umm calm down, maybe you could post more of your scripts and what they do and expound on this line "What in god's name is "/usr/local/bin" on a windows machine?" do you mean WHERE? not what? - Original Message - From: "Schwartz, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri

RE: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

2002-04-19 Thread Robert Collins
Without ANY example of what you are calling, there is NO way that assistance can be provided. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http:/