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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:59:58 +0100
Subject: Re: g++ command, missing packages?
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Angelika Olsson" <angeli-o AT fc DOT dsv DOT su DOT se>
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cygwin AT cygwin DOT com writes:
>On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Angelika Olsson wrote:
>
>> "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de> skriver:
>> >gcc-core & gcc-testsuite includes only the source & testsuite for the
>> >backend, you probably don't want to install it, so make the list to be:
>> >
>> >                 gcc
>> >                 gcc-ada
>> >                 gcc-g++
>> >                 gcc-g77
>> >                 gcc-gpc
>> >                 gcc-java
>> >                 gcc-objc
>> >
>> >The mingw components are automatically selected if you select the
>above.
>> >
>> >You'll also need the binutils package which includes the linker.
>>
>> OK. Thanks. Are the "gcc" catalog and the rest of them supposed to be on
>> the same level in the "release" catalog? I have the gcc-ada etc IN the
>gcc
>> catalog witch is IN the release catalog. Is this right?
>>
>> Thank you so much for all your help!
>> Angelika
>
>Angelika,
>
>When Gerrit says that things are "automatically selected", he assumes that
>you're using Cygwin's setup.exe to install the packages.  However, as
>you're talking about "catalogs", it looks like you're using ftp instead.
>Note that Cygwin's setup is the only recommended (read: supported) way of
>installing Cygwin packages -- any other method of installation is likely
>to leave you with a broken system unless you know *exactly* what you're
>doing.  If you do use setup.exe to install your Cygwin packages, please
>disregard this message.
>HTH,
>	Igor
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OK, thank you for the warning. I'll use the setup.exe. 
Nice kitty :-)

Angelika


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