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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To:	"Huw Dixon" <huwdixon AT hotmail DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Problems running makewhatis
Date:	Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:37:42 -0000
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Huw Dixon wrote:
> I've installed most - not all - of Cygwin and have been trying to run
> /usr/sbin/makewhatis. First time run thru I get the following:
>
> cp: cannot create regular file `/var/cache/man/whatis': No such file
> or director
> y
> /bin/awk: not found
> /bin/awk: not found
> /bin/awk: not found
> /bin/awk: not found
>
> This repeats a couple times. If I manually create the 'missing'
> directory the cp error clears up but I still get several lines
> regarding the /bin/awk error.
>
> Everything else seems to work fine I just wanted to get the man pages
> going. Advice please?

Install awk? (Package: gawk)

PS to man maintainer: looks like setup.hint needs gawk adding to the
requires.

Max.


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