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FW: How to create a ksh93 package...
- From: "Karsten Fleischer" <Karsten dot Fleischer at gmx dot de>
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 01:27:32 +0100
- Subject: FW: How to create a ksh93 package...
- Organization: Omnium Software Engineering
- Reply-to: <K dot Fleischer at omnium dot de>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karsten Fleischer [mailto:Karsten.Fleischer@gmx.de]
> Sent: Samstag, 30. Marz 2002 01:23
> To: 'Charles Wilson'
> Subject: RE: How to create a ksh93 package...
>
>
> > In Karsten's defense, I believe he has been more involved
> > with the AST
> > folks, trying to get ksh to work nicely on cygwin -- why
> bother "the
> > cygwin list" with his problems; he's solving them himself.
>
> Thanks. I'm reading the Cygwin list every day, I don't have to ask.
>
> > (He even figured out the DLL naming for cygwin dlls all by
> himself --
> > that
> > indicates an archive search happened at some point...)
>
> That wasn't too hard to figure, except that the implib naming
> has slipped. BTW, I've got a patch from AT&T already that
> fixes this flaw.
>
> > > I think I'd be more comfortable with keeping alternate
> tools out of
> > > the distribution. We can easily advertise them on the
> > cygwin web page
> > > and, if requested, I'll even make space available on the
> ftp server
> > > for them.
> >
> > See above: too easy vs. too hard discussion.
>
> I will support ksh93.
> Nothing else.
> Anyone who is interested in the full-fledged package may contact me.
>
> Karsten
>