X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <14555733.post@talk.nabble.com> <07f301c84b99$4d13c580$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <14560489.post@talk.nabble.com> Subject: RE: _update-info-dir (was: libXm.so) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:04:56 -0000 Message-ID: <082101c84be8$6a3f5350$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <14560489.post@talk.nabble.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On 31 December 2007 18:26, Marc Girod wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >> >> http://cygwin.com/packages/ is the best place to search. If it's in the >> cygwin distro, that will tell you which package you need installed. >> > > But what I am looking for is: > _update-info-dir/_update-info-dir-00573-1 Generate info/dir file > automatically Well, that's listed there as well: http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=_update-info-dir > Now, trying to install this from setup, I cannot find it. You probably shouldn't be trying to to that; it's not a real package and it's not intended for general use, it's really part of the setup.exe support infrastructure. > I assume it should be in the Doc category, but is not. Nope, it's in the _PostInstallLast category. > I cycle the View to show all packages, and get the full list in alphabetic > order, from > a2ps > to > zsh > > If the leading '_' was ignored, it ought to be between unzip and upx... It's not ignored, it makes it sort right to the very end of the list. > What am I missing? Uncheck the "Hide obsolete packages" checkbox! Because _update-info-dir is an internal package intended for use as a dependency of other packages only, it's hidden away in there. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/