* RE: CGF gripes; was -> Re: Why are Windows paths broken in make 3.81?
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@ 2006-07-25 1:59 ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2006-07-25 9:17 ` Dave Korn
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From: Gary R. Van Sickle @ 2006-07-25 1:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk
Ah, yeah, the Cygwin community would never forgive me if I didn't chime in
here:
> From: Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:00 PM
> Subject: CGF gripes; was -> Re: Why are Windows paths broken
> in make 3.81?
>
> Mark Fisher wrote:
> > On 7/24/06, Joachim Achtzehnter <joachima AT netacquire DOT com> wrote:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AHEM. That's one.
> >> This sarcastic response to one sentence out of a much longer post
> >> quoted in isolation suggests that a clarification is in order.
> >
> > here here! i'd like to add that i'm getting fed up of reading
> > sarcastic comments from cgf since i rejoined the mailing list.
> >
> > this particular gem:
> >
> >>> I assumed the compiled program would work in a bash shell but it
> >>> only works in a dos shell-its too late to worry about why
> that is. I
> >>> miss unix.
> >>
> >> Yeah, things work a lot better in a dos shell on unix.
> > ( http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-07/msg00682.html )
> >
> > the sole comment to an entire post sums up for me a very arrogant
> > attitude towards people with less knowledge who need help.
> >
> > this forum (i hope) was never meant as a personal sarcasm
> area and to
> > read it it's very annoying.
> >
> > if you don't have something constructive to say, lay off
> laying into
> > people.
>
>
> For your own peace of mind while reading the list, put a :-) or
> ;-) after everything you read from cgf and it becomes hilarious.
> As it turns out, that's sometimes even the intent. ;-)
>
> Since a continuation of the thread in this new direction is
> really off-topic for this list, I'd suggest if you have a
> follow-up that you'd like to make or if there are others that
> would like to, it's
> best to <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TITTTL>. I've reset
> the "Reply-To"
> to facilitate the move.
Dude, you left the "cygwin at" in the Reply-To. That's two. And you other
two up there, Mark and Joachim, oh man, you guys, you are done for.
But Mark, just to answer your question about the "personal sarcasm area":
Original intentions, original int-schmen-tions. You run *your* little
fiefdoms the way *you* want, and you let Chris run his the way he wants,
'kay?
Well... actually Red Hat's I guess... but still.
--
Gary R. Van Sickle
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* RE: CGF gripes; was -> Re: Why are Windows paths broken in make 3.81?
2006-07-25 1:59 ` CGF gripes; was -> Re: Why are Windows paths broken in make 3.81? Gary R. Van Sickle
@ 2006-07-25 9:17 ` Dave Korn
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From: Dave Korn @ 2006-07-25 9:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'walked right into that one'
On 25 July 2006 02:59, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
> Ah, yeah, the Cygwin community would never forgive me if I didn't chime in
> here:
Try us.
[ ...snip... ]
cheers,
DaveK
--
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
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