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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> It seems like this type of email is on the rise:
> 
> "<some program in the cygwin distribution> is <describe strange behavior>
> since I last updated Cygwin."
> 
> <send several messages expressing confusion and consternation>
> 
> "Oh, I found the problem.  I had previously done <describe unusual and
> hard-to-forget thing>.  When I reverted that, things started working
> fine."
> 
> I wonder if that's a sign of anything.  It might mean that there is an
> increase in people/organizations using cygwin and they are including
> stupid instructions to work around real or imagined problems.

There is *NEVER* a shortage of stupid people doing stupid things. :-)

-- 
Matthew
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