RE: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> At 02:22 PM 1/5/2005, you wrote: > >If those 'experienced' users are that fed up with > participating in the project then perhaps they should just > take a deep breath and avoid sending a response to those > questions at all. Sometimes silence is better. > > And there's the rub. Sometimes s

RE: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> Dave Korn wrote: > > > How apposite that, in audio terms, "feedback" is > synonymous with "a > > loud whining noise"! > > Except that in audio, negative feedback is the kind you want. :) > ...until you're READY TO ROCK! -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cy

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:22 PM 1/5/2005, you wrote: >If those 'experienced' users are that fed up with participating in the project >then perhaps they should just take a deep breath and avoid sending a response >to those questions at all. Sometimes silence is better. And there's the rub. Sometimes silence is bet

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Warren Young
Dave Korn wrote: How apposite that, in audio terms, "feedback" is synonymous with "a loud whining noise"! Except that in audio, negative feedback is the kind you want. :) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Doc

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Rob Bell
Hughes, Bill wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 11:02:54AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: The bottom line is, you can complain, but the better solution is to make your environment more foolproof against changes in one part of it. In case of MSDEV tools I suggest to put the MSD

RE: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Isaac Foraker > Sent: 04 January 2005 22:27 > I'll be plain. I try to contribute feedback to open source projects > that I use. How apposite that, in audio terms, "feedback" is synonymous with "a loud whining noise"! chee

RE: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Hughes, Bill
Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 11:02:54AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> The bottom line is, you can complain, but the better solution is to >> make your environment more foolproof against changes in one part of >> it. In case of MSDEV tools I suggest to put the MSDEV tool p

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 11:02:54AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >The bottom line is, you can complain, but the better solution is to >make your environment more foolproof against changes in one part of it. >In case of MSDEV tools I suggest to put the MSDEV tool path in front of >the Cygwin paths.

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 4 17:17, Sam Steingold wrote: > > * Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-12-23 10:35:16 +0100]: > >> My temporary fix for my developers is to remove coreutils `link' from > >> our systems, > > that's what I had to do too. > > >> but if it is reinstalled every time coreutils is > >>

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-04 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 03:26:58PM -0700, Isaac Foraker wrote: > I am, however, greatly disappointed at how negatively certain members of > this list treat people who provide feedback. Try to ignore it. There are others out there just ignoring it too. > Not being able to keep up > with the vol

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-04 Thread Isaac Foraker
I'll be plain. I try to contribute feedback to open source projects that I use. I've had my own projects, and know how hard it is to get feedback. I like Cygwin. It lets me switch between Unix and Windows configurations relatively easily. I am, however, greatly disappointed at how negativel

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-04 Thread Sam Steingold
> * Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-12-23 10:35:16 +0100]: > >> My temporary fix for my developers is to remove coreutils `link' from >> our systems, that's what I had to do too. >> but if it is reinstalled every time coreutils is >> upgraded, this will cause an ongoing problem. indee

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-04 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 09:50:02AM -0700, Isaac Foraker wrote: >That's a really nice attitude. I don't expect anyone to bend over >backwards, but a little QC would be nice. If you would prefer that >professionals using Cygwin with commercial configurations do not provide >feedback, I suggest y

Re: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-04 Thread Isaac Foraker
That's a really nice attitude. I don't expect anyone to bend over backwards, but a little QC would be nice. If you would prefer that professionals using Cygwin with commercial configurations do not provide feedback, I suggest you update the fact and just say so. IF Christopher Faylor wrote: O

Re: Bug: link.exe

2004-12-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 11:15:09PM -0700, Isaac Foraker wrote: >Well, rather than hacking my build system, I've opted to build my own >installer for Cygwin the does not contain programs that are causing me >grief. I know that some people don't want to hear that we use MS VC++ >with Cygwin, but

Re: Bug: link.exe

2004-12-28 Thread Isaac Foraker
Well, rather than hacking my build system, I've opted to build my own installer for Cygwin the does not contain programs that are causing me grief. I know that some people don't want to hear that we use MS VC++ with Cygwin, but hey, this is the real world here. Cygwin helps our productivity,

Re: Bug: link.exe

2004-12-23 Thread Shankar Unni
Corinna Vinschen wrote: The link tool is installed by default on Linux as well. Well, no one uses VC++ on Linux :-). But this is a problem with other tools as well (e.g. the gcc distribution included gcj and a bastard "jar" command for a while, till Gerrit (fortunately) axed it). Just make sure

Re: Bug: link.exe

2004-12-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 22 14:54, Isaac Foraker wrote: > The recent change of installing coreutils with `link.exe' has introduced > a *new* problem with configurations using Microsoft Visual C++ with > Cygwin's GNU `make'. Previously, one could specify "LD=link" in a > Makefile, but now the corutils `link' will

Bug: link.exe

2004-12-22 Thread Isaac Foraker
The recent change of installing coreutils with `link.exe' has introduced a *new* problem with configurations using Microsoft Visual C++ with Cygwin's GNU `make'. Previously, one could specify "LD=link" in a Makefile, but now the corutils `link' will supplant Microsoft's linker, breaking builds