On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:30:09AM -0000, Elfyn McBratney wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:14:54AM -0000, Elfyn McBratney wrote: >> >> Actually, just creating a file named 'con' would probably be easier. >> > >> >Isn't 'con' a reserved name in windows? >> >> That's kinda the whole point. > >Right...I get it now. > >> >I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to extract it from the tar >> >archive. >> >> It works just as I would expect, and just like /dev/tty works, which >> is no surprise. The drawback is that it won't do anything if you're >> running from rxvt or X-Windows, though. > >If there's a chance that this would still go un-noticed then can we go with >the package-version.cyg/car packaging scheme? Most user's IMO would just >think that we've started our own rpm thing and would be "forced" to use >setup.exe as they would have done usually or not. That's what it's there for >afterall.
I have no problem with changing the extension. Once the option is available I'll do a wholesale rename of the package repository and update upset so that it knows how to find these types of files. cgf -- 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/
