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RE: whois package
- From: Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw at staff dot crosswalk dot com>
- To: "'cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:09:46 -0500
- Subject: RE: whois package
No reliance on perl. Easier to use on stripped down cygwin installations.
I'd think that would be a benefit in the long run. I like perl, but I'd
think the compiled version would be preferred.
I also thought the mkpasswd inclusion was odd. I just ripped it out of the
source and said bye-bye.
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Kamens [mailto:jik@curl.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:06 AM
> To: Mark Bradshaw
> Cc: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: whois package
>
>
> > From: Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw@staff.crosswalk.com>
> > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:04:27 -0500
> >
> > Just took a look at the bw.org version and realised that
> it's perl based.
> > I'd really rather support one that can be compiled.
>
> Why?
>
> jik
>