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RE: EGCS Win32 gcc compiler wanted


Mumit Khan wrote:
> Bet you're using FAT filesystem on NT, right? If so, you're running into
> the same old "EA SF" slowdown problem which IMO renders cygwin32 b19.x
> useless for any real work. I believe Geoffrey has stated that he will
> provide an option to not use extended attributes on NT/FAT, but I haven't 

Latest cygwinb19.dll (available on my web page) have EA usage disabled by 
default. To turn EA feature on, add "ntea" to your CYGWIN32 env var.

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Moscow, Russia.

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