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Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 07:24:23 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: cygutils: Category
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Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> Chuck,
>     Misc as a category acts like base: things in it always install.
> 

Uhm, why?  I missed this conversation evidently.  IMNSHO, Base should be
the only required install.  Misc are niceties that make the job easier
but aren't required.

> I guess this isn't documented clearly anywhere except the cygdev
> archives, so I'll correct that soon.
> 
> Can I suggest that the cygutils packages belongs in (shock horror) Utils
> ?
> 

Can I suggest we change the setup behavior please?

Earnie.

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