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Re: [RFD]: uinfo.cc or "all commands start soooooow slow"
- To: cygwin developers <cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: [RFD]: uinfo.cc or "all commands start soooooow slow"
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:41:27 -0400
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On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 08:51:07AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>--- Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> wrote:
>> The question: Should we try the patch, nevertheless?
>
>Yes. You can't guard against an unrulely user as someone will surely find
>someway to screw it up anyway (e.g.: the /usr/bin mount point). The speed up
>is needed.
>
>TIA for the patch,
I agree. I don't mind if a user sets stupid values in an environment variable
and then suffers. Its the people who do nothing and then suffer that I'm
more worried about.
cgf