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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:15:03 -0700
From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna AT efn DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: how to check what cygwin packages are installed on the system ?
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On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:42:49AM -0500, "DePriest, Jason R." wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 03, 2004 11:39 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote
> >>> On Tue, August 3, 2004 16:19, Andrew DeFaria said:
> >> 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,
> 
> Consider it a "request for enhancement" without the requisite patch to
> be thoughtfully considered.

Specially formatted file list in postinstall files? cygcheck -f search
*.done after failing to find a file?

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