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On 5/17/2010 11:33 AM, Rockefeller, Harry wrote:
> What happened to info?  Most of the compiler commands are absent.
> CVS is still there but svn is absent, etc.

Not all packages provide info files.  For example, 'cygcheck -l 
subversion' will show you that there is no info file for svn.  On the 
other hand, 'info gcc' will get you plenty of information about compiler 
commands (provided you've installed gcc-core or gcc4-core).

Ken

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