Re: [Groff] Compression support for files?

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

Keith Marshall <address@hidden> wrote:
 |I consider this to be a regression.

The last Windows i've seen anything of other than the browser
window in an Internet Café was 95B (with Plus package).
I really wouldn't know how to help you (and/but recalling the
select(2) wrapper-implementation of Cygwin of ~2002 i'd rather
wonder if anyone can; waiting on multiple objects seems to be your
daily bread)!

--steffen
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> Re: [Groff] Compression support for files?
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> Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:13:42 +0100
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> Not directly related to subject, but (in an attached diff) ...
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> On 16/07/14 17:53, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
> > -# not all make programs have $(RM) predefined.
> > -RM=rm -f
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> Why?  This is unnecessary, and a bad change; please don't do it!
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> > -     $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gideal
> > +     rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gideal
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> See, the entire purpose of defining a macro for RM is that it gives me,
> as a package builder, the option to override the default 'rm -f'.  By
> removing that definition, you've not changed the default behaviour in
> any way, but you've robbed me of the option to substitute a preferred
> alternative.  I consider this to be a regression.
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> Keith.
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