From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16449 invoked by alias); 16 Jun 2005 15:14:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List Received: (qmail 14755 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Jun 2005 15:13:20 -0000 Received: from c-66-30-17-189.hsd1.ma.comcast.net (HELO cgf.cx) (66.30.17.189) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:13:20 +0000 Received: by cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 6806F13C3F5; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:13:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:17:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cyg/lib DLL naming Message-ID: <20050616151319.GE10382@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <1118925021.42b170ddc88c7@email.fit.vutbr.cz> <20050616124431.GG3522@calimero.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050616124431.GG3522@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-SW-Source: 2005-q2/txt/msg00438.txt.bz2 On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 02:44:31PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Jun 16 14:30, Pe?iva Jan wrote: >> > As AGO pointed out, searching for libfreetype.dll is non-portable, >> > dangerous, and silly. >> [...] >> If I skip all offensive words, I have to thank you for the discussion. > >Oh my, Igor, why are you so offensive all the time? May a hippo fall >on you(*)! For the record, I think the offensive words were along the lines of: OP>You are missing the point. Igor>No, I think you are missing the point. Igor, go wash your mouth out with soap! This thread was the classic example of "I'm trying to port my application. Please change the cygwin distribution to make that possible." It reminds me of a commercial we have in this area where someone is trying to sell their house so they ask the police to temporarily reroute the interstate highway by the house so they get maximum visibility. cgf