Re: Cygwin Fucktwiddedness

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From: Aaron J. Grier
Subject: Re: Cygwin Fucktwiddedness
Date: 23:34 on 09 Sep 2004
On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 04:41:17PM -0500, Steve Peters wrote:
> For some fucktwitted reason, a lot executables in the /bin directory
> have ".exe" extensions.  I don't know if this is some obstacle thown
> up by MS or what it is, but its annoying as hell.  Why should I have
> to create a link to a file that should be there in a POSIX-based
> system.  At least create a link for me or something.
> 
> Grrrr.  Stuff like this just annoys the fuck out of me.

indeed.  I have wrestled with similiar cygwinisms in an attempt to
placate a paranoid coworker.  foo == foo.exe played havok with makefile
rules.  lack of filesystem case-sensitivity is also hateful.  (is cygwin
still case insensitive with NTFS?)

that of course leads into hatefulness of the whole GNU toolchain...  but
thinking about it just makes me stammer.

-- 
  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
  "someday the industry will have throbbing frontal lobes and will be able
  to write provably correct software.  also, I want a pony." -- Zach Brown

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