Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/02/13/12:47:49
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 12:37:43PM -0500, Chuck wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 11:06:29AM -0500, Chuck wrote:
>>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>> You have no basis for jumping on every potential cockpit error and
>>>> claim it is YA occurrence of your problem. I don't know what is
>>>> causing your problem but the problem reported in this thread is likely
>>>> to have been caused by exactly what I said.
>>>>
>>> Why on earth do you think I'm jumping on every problem as being my
>>> problem? I have limited this discussion to one problem - my problem -
>>> all along. Another poster mentioned having the same symptom. The
>>> *exact* same symptomn - no output from ls. How is that jumping on
>>> every other error and claiming it's mine?
>>
>> I apologize for my hyperbole. What I am trying to get across is that
>> doesn't benefit anyone to have you respond to messages from anyone who
>> maintains that they are getting no output as if they had your problem.
>>
>>> How can it be caused by a missing package when I have used cygwin
>>> successfully for years,
>>
>> Once again, I am not saying that the problem that the OP had is the same
>> as yours. We have seen the problem shown by the OP before and it has
>> been caused by a missing package. Specifically, it has been caused by
>> a missing cygintl* package.
>>
>> There is no reason for you to react to this as if I am trying to debug your
>> problem when I am not. I don't know why you are not getting this but it
>> is, IMO, likely that the problem that the OP had is not the same as yours.
>> Even if it is the same as yours, we need to do some basic sanity checks before
>> we come to that conclusion.
>>
>>> You're jumping on me like I haven't followed "the rules". I have
>>> followed all the directions, read the FAQs, searched the archives,
>>> posted cygcheck and strace output, and described *my* problem in detail.
>>> What else am I supposed to do?
>>
>> I am asking you to let the volunteers in this mailing list debug
>> problems without your interjecting comments which confuse the issue.
>> Feel free to try to debug the problem in your own message threads but
>> please don't confuse other people reporting problems until we've done
>> some basic narrowing down of root causes and shown that you have similar
>> problems.
>
>I am the OP.
Sorry for confusing the issue by using the term "OP".
I was referring to Dennis Simpson.
cgf
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