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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Problems running makewhatis
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 22:11:24 -0000
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lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com wrote:
> Here's the best advice anyone can provide given the information you've
> provided so far:
>
> http://www.cygwin.com/bugs.html

It wasn't a particularly well thought through question, but what you say
above isn't strictly true.
"/bin/awk: not found" is fairly clear cut.

Of course, it would help if he had all of Base installed.

Max.


> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Huw Dixon huwdixon AT hotmail DOT com
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 15:59:54 -0500
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Problems running makewhatis
>
>
> I've installed most - not all - of Cygwin and have been trying to run
> /usr/sbin/makewhatis. First time run thru I get the following:
>
> cp: cannot create regular file `/var/cache/man/whatis': No such file
> or director
> y
> /bin/awk: not found
> /bin/awk: not found
> /bin/awk: not found
> /bin/awk: not found
>
> This repeats a couple times. If I manually create the 'missing'
> directory the cp error clears up but I still get several lines
> regarding the /bin/awk error.
>
> Everything else seems to work fine I just wanted to get the man pages
> going.
> Advice please?
>
>
> Huw D.
>
>
>
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