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Subject: RE: how to check what cygwin packages are installed on the system ?
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:42:49 -0500
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On Tuesday, August 03, 2004 11:39 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote

> On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 10:58:48AM -0500, DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
>> On Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:45 AM, Robin Bowes wrote
>> 
>>> On Tue, August 3, 2004 16:19, Andrew DeFaria said:
>>>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> And you would do that rather than use the tool designed for
>>>>> providing the information, because...?
>>>> 
>>>> To answer the question: "Which package brought in this file?" as
>>>> in: 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> $ cd /etc/setup
>>>> $ str=gcc.exe
>>>> $ for pkg in *.gz; do
>>>> 
>>>>> zcat $pkg | grep -q $str if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo $str appears
>>>>> in $pkg fi done
>>> 
>>> Or:
>>> 
>>> $ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/gcc.exe
>>> gcc-3.3.1-3
>>> 
>>> R.
>>> --
>>> http://robinbowes.com
>> 
>> $ cygcheck -f /etc/inetd.conf
>> <nothing>
>> 
>> $ for pkg in *.gz; do zcat $pkg | grep -q "inetd.conf"; if [ $? -eq
>> 0 ]; then echo $str appears in $pkg; fi; done
>> appears in xinetd.lst.gz
>> 
>> cygcheck -f works for some files apparently, but not all.
> 
> Yeah, that's clearly a good reason *not* to use cygcheck at all and to
> just write your own shell script instead.
> 
> In fact, the next time someone finds a bug in the cygwin DLL, I'd
> suggest just writing all of cygwin's functionality as a shell script,
> just to 
> be safe.
> 
> cgf

Consider it a "request for enhancement" without the requisite patch to
be thoughtfully considered.

-Jason

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