sorry should have retitled this and maybe explained it a little more but had too much wine at lunch :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Vince Hoffman [mailto:Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com] > Sent: 17 January 2003 16:21 > To: 'Gunnar.Ritter@pluto.uni-freiburg.de'; 'cygwin@cygwin.com' > Subject: RE: Using nail on win32 (cygwin) >>> While i can understand your views, i'm sorry that you feel > that way. thanks > for the responce. >> Vince >> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gunnar Ritter [mailto:g-r@bigfoot.de] > > Sent: 17 January 2003 16:16 > > To: Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com > > Subject: Re: Using nail on win32 (cygwin) > > > > > > Vince Hoffman <Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com> wrote: > > > > > however I also use it on a couple of win32 systems running > > under Cygwin (a > > > posix compatibility layer for win32) as there is no bsd > > mail on cygwin , > > > however its tricky to compile on win32 as the name aux is > > reserved (just > > > creating a text file aux.c is not allowed) so it involves > > unpacking it on a > > > *nix box and renaming aux.c to something like aux1.c and > > doing a quick > > > search and replace on references to aux.x and aux.o. > > > > This is just laughable and another good reason not to use this > > 'platform'. > > > > > Would it be possible to > > > change the name of aux.c and aux.o to something more win32 > > friendly ? > > > > No, I generally don't resolve Windows compatibility issues. See > > <http://www.fefe.de/nowindows/> for a good explanation why free > > software developers should not do this. > > > > I'm sorry for the inconvenience this might cause for you as an > > individual, but the social issue is more important for me in such > > cases and besides, if you have a problem with inconveniences, I'd > > advise you not to use Microsoft products at all. > > > > Gunnar > > >> -- > 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/ > -- 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/