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Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area


On Apr  4 10:13, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> > On Apr  4 09:55, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > > On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > > And while we're at it, I don't see any need to stick to the UNIX/DOS
> > > > choice either.  We should always install binary mount points.  If the
> > > > user needs text mounts, there's an editor and a fstab file, right?
> > >
> > > Ah, but which mode will you edit it in? :-)
> >
> > Doesn't matter.  The code reading fstab understands LF and CRLF line
> > endings :)
> 
> Does it also understand CR*LF endings (e.g., CRCRCRCRLF)?  You can get
> those if you switch between binary and text mode a few times...

Of course not.  We're not the Salvation Army.

Corinna

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