Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 11:31:09 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: New FAQ entry? Message-ID: <20030515153109.GA3598@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <3EC3AF4A.2050802@rfk.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EC3AF4A.2050802@rfk.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:16:26AM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.) wrote: >Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: >>In light of the two questions on this subject in as many (or less) days, I >>thought I'd search the FAQ for the answer to "Why doesn't this (very >>common) command work?" and didn't find it there, so I thought I'd offer a >>text. >> >>It's basically the same text I wrote in >>http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-05/msg00897.html, but slightlt >>generalized.. >> >>Why doesn't this (very common) command work? >>(or: Why doesn't patch work?") >>-------------------------------------------- >> >>While the Cygwin Net distribution contains many packages, not all of them >>are installed by default. Many programs, including some very common ones >>(like "patch", "ls", "tar", "gzip", etc.), have to be installed before >>they can be used. >> >>You can use the search engine at http://cygwin.com/packages/ to look which >>package you need for the "patch" utility, and then use >>http://cygwin.com/setup.exe to install the appropriate package. > >I certainly have no problem with this entry but I think I should point >out that it serves a similar purpose to: > >What packages should I download? > > >Perhaps these two should be merged. Also, it may make sense to mention >the directory/file name collisions as a corner case that can cause problems >even if the utility in question is installed. There are also similar words on the cygwin web page itself *in bold*. I don't think adding another entry to the FAQ is going to accomplish much. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/