[darcs-users] _real_ cygwin build?

[Tuomo Valkonen]

On 2009-03-05, Salvatore Insalaco <kirby81 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tuomo, there's a really simple solution to this issue (I cannot try
> it, please tell us if it works):
> 1) Rename realdarcs.exe to darcs.exe.
> 2) Replace all the occurrences of "realdarcs.exe" to "darcs.exe" in
> the darcs bash script.
> 3) Rename darcs bash script to something else and use that.

Works now. V-e-r-y slowly. (Takes ages 'reading pristine'.)

One could just install the script on PATH, and either set
DARCSPACKAGEDIR in the environment or by modifying the script,
not putting darcsdir-cygwin on PATH.

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