Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/02/13/12:52:08
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 12:47:05PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>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.
And, now, on rereading the thread, I can see that I was confused.
Simpson started a discussion in your thread without any reference to
anything that had gone before and confused my feeble mind into thinking
that it was a new topic.
However, again, and for the final time, the fact that he had a similar
symptom does not mean that your issues are related.
Nevertheless, I apologize for my confusion here.
cgf
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