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On 07/04/2010 13:18, wefwef wefwef wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Morgan Gangwere wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:10 AM, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>>>>> After using cygwin for years, and having some recent difficulty
>>>>> installing, I took a look at the installer to actually try and
>>>>> understand it (a novel concept I know!).
>> Your problem was that a package didnt get installed because you would
>> have had to explicitly told it not to have been.
> 
> Nice expla[KERSNIPFLUSHSPLAT]

  Since this debate is heading OT, I posted my response to the -talk list:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-talk/2010-q2/msg00002.html

    cheers,
      DaveK

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