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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:19:13 -0500
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Subject: Re: terminfo and /usr/share/terminfo requirement
From: cyg Simple <cygsimple AT gmail DOT com>
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On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

>
> Nope.  The problem you're encountering is homemade.  /usr/share is a
> normal directory just like /usr.  There's no reason at all to mount
> anything there.  If your installation doesn't have /usr/share, your
> installation is clearly broken and given that you didn't use setup
> to install it, it's really just a case of PEBCAK.
>

I wasn't asking for help; I have a working install.  I was stating the
possibility of making Cygwin better.  Too bad that one cannot simply
extract the archives and must depend on the blind use of setup.exe.

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