Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52

Igor Peshansky pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
Wed May 10 14:24:00 GMT 2006


On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote:

> On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote:
>
> > Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE,
> > undeniably, running on windows.  That's special.
>
>   What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special?  ;)
>
> > Why does cygwin require patches, indeed...
>
>   To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it?

As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the
internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes...
	Igor
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