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* RE: Is the Cygwin installation process likely to change     significantly  anytime soon?
       [not found] <6.2.1.2.0.20050726122305.03dd9610@pop.prospeed.net>
@ 2005-07-26 17:07 ` Dave Korn
  2005-07-26 19:05   ` Christopher Faylor
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dave Korn @ 2005-07-26 17:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 'haven't we seen this feeling of deja vu before?'

----Original Message----
>From: Larry Hall
>Sent: 26 July 2005 17:41

[  Thread TITTTL'd, bock-bock... ]

> At 12:29 AM 7/26/2005, you wrote:
>>>>  - Name of setup utility: setup.exe

>> cygwin.exe or cygwinsetup.exe would both be better names.
> 
> If the name of 'setup.exe' was going to change,  [ ... ]

  "full.exe" anyone?
 
    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....

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* Re: Is the Cygwin installation process likely to change     significantly  anytime soon?
  2005-07-26 17:07 ` Is the Cygwin installation process likely to change significantly anytime soon? Dave Korn
@ 2005-07-26 19:05   ` Christopher Faylor
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Christopher Faylor @ 2005-07-26 19:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List

On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 05:49:00PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>----Original Message----
>>From: Larry Hall
>>Sent: 26 July 2005 17:41
>
>[  Thread TITTTL'd, bock-bock... ]
>
>> At 12:29 AM 7/26/2005, you wrote:
>>>>>  - Name of setup utility: setup.exe
>
>>> cygwin.exe or cygwinsetup.exe would both be better names.
>> 
>> If the name of 'setup.exe' was going to change,  [ ... ]
>
>  "full.exe" anyone?

Ah, memories.  Having to spend weeks begging the InstallShield "expert" to
take time from his busy schedule to produce the highly useful "full.exe".

Anyway, since Cygwin is GPLed, and the GPL is supposedly a viral
license, maybe we should just call it cygwinvirus.exe.

cgf

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