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Re: [fixed]: Cygwin RCS Build Instructions (or sometimes ash does not like a.out)
- To: Jeffrey Juliano <juliano at cs dot unc dot edu>, Jason Tishler <Jason dot Tishler at dothill dot com>
- Subject: Re: [fixed]: Cygwin RCS Build Instructions (or sometimes ash does not like a.out)
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 05:36:15 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
--- Jeffrey Juliano <juliano@cs.unc.edu> wrote:
> Please disregard this if it's an issue with the software used for
> sourceware mailing lists. I have no way to test aside from spamming the
> list with test messgaes...
>
> --On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 11:40 AM -0400 Jason Tishler wrote:
>
> > I see that my attachments (rcs-5.7-cygwin-1.patch and
> > rcs-5.7-cygwin-2.patch) became inline text due to being encoded as
> > text/plain instead of application/octet. So unless you actually received
>
> Um, a little offtopic, but...
>
> isn't that what multipart/mixed is for? I find it annoying when people
> post text attachments as application/octet, because then my mail client
> doesn't dispay them as text and I need to jump through hoops to read those
> parts.
>
And I typically don't jump through those hoops. They just hit the trash can.
Jason, your text/plain was the best choice. It allows me to comment on the
patch without having to download it.
Cheers,
=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
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