On Aug 5 11:20, Michel LaBarre wrote: > Hello cygsimple, > > Thanks for the advice regarding line length. > I will try to remember to rein in my margins when emailing to cygwin. > > Thanks for your recognition of PATHEXT's potential value; > reassuring to know I am not alone in my delusions. > > Regarding providing code, I am somewhat stale (though I spent my first 20 > work years > immersed in system code, assembly/C/Algol/Pascal/C++, building firmware for > bit-sliced processors, etc.) > > The patch to which I referred is one I found while researching the topic; > https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-09/msg00127.html is one reference to it. > It is old and likely out of date.
That. Plus, the refusal from cgf is still valid today. If you see the code required to handle .exe and .lnk extensions you don't *want* PATHEXT support anymore. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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