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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:28:41 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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In-reply-to: <19991206130920.A983@cygnus.com> (message from Chris Faylor on
	Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:09:20 -0500)
Subject: Re: Many changes in latest snapshot
References:  <19991206130920 DOT A983 AT cygnus DOT com>


> I've also eliminated the USE_REGISTRY_OPTIONS conditional.  cygwin will
> now search the registry for CYGWIN-environment-variable-like options.

Lesson from DJGPP: add a way to say that program A should use whatever
program B has (recursively).  Example: if A's entry says "=B" it
should suck in what B has.  Example: "ed" -> "=vi" where "vi" ->
"notty,ntea".