Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:45:54 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Package Information needed Message-ID: <20010612104554.E26626@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 3 DOT 32 DOT 20010611183007 DOT 00931e80 AT pop DOT tagesspiegel DOT de> <656-Tue12Jun2001112047+0100-starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <656-Tue12Jun2001112047+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk>; from starksb@ebi.ac.uk on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:20:47AM +0100 On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:20:47AM +0100, David Starks-Browning wrote: >On Monday 11 Jun 01, Oliver Thieke writes: >> >> Hi out there ! >> >> Although this might be a very newbie question I am >> kind of stuck... >> >> Where can I get information about the contents and >> usage of the various packages shipped within cygwin ? >> >> I browsed the FAQ, the User Guide, RedHat Web-Site, >> local Cygwin-Dir for Info - nothing. >> >> I am quite familiar with unix - hence bash, csv, make, >> gcc, gdb, diff, grep, tar and so on are known. >> But I can't figured out why and what for I would need >> packages like cygrunsrv, binutils, fileutils, >> openssl... > >I had considered adding one-line descriptions of the packages to the >FAQ, because I think it would be useful to have this information >available somewhere. Before downloading & installating the package, >that is. But I'm concerned that it would take too much space, and the >FAQ is already HUGE. I'm open to suggestions. I'm happy to add it if >it would help. I don't think it is appropriate for the FAQ. An item along the line of "Why doesn't setup.exe do ?" might be nice, though. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple