Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/07/14/19:40:16
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Robert R Schneck wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> > I don't think cron should contain a dependency to ssmtp though. It
> > would be the same as to have a dependency to exim. And why should
> > cron.README contain hints about how to set up ssmtp? That's the job
> > for the ssmtp README, isn't it?
>
> It might save people like this thread's original poster some detective
> work. Though granted, it's not much work to figure out where sendmail
> points and then which README is relevant. Perhaps the User's Guide
> should put a little more stress on the usefulness of
> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin.
>
> Robert
Yep, that would be a very good idea. In particular, it should point out
that the information in the READMEs in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin takes
precedence over that in the package READMEs and manpages.
Maybe even an FAQ entry like "I've followed directions in the README / man
page / info file to the letter, and still can't get the package to work -
what gives?" (put in this form, it *is* rather frequently asked). :-)
Igor
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