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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:21:38 -0500
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From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: ssh configuration that is pulling my hair out!
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At 11:37 AM 1/27/2004, Brian Ford you wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Larry Hall wrote:
>
>> To me, that suggests that we need to either have a way to optionally
>> start the configuration of packages from setup.exe and/or somehow queue
>> the user into the READMEs.
>>
>Technically, the FAQ should have accomplished that under "Where's the
>documentation?".  Although, it obviously doesn't.


Right.  Clearly the FAQ is at least one step removed from what's needed.
Certainly that would seem to mesh with the notion that people Google for
configuration help rather than look at what was downloaded or even the 
Cygwin site.


>As a side note, that entry could use an update to reflect FHS.


True enough.  I submitted a patch for that a while ago but looks like it 
hasn't been applied yet.  I'll dig it up again.


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