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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
Subject: Re: how to check what cygwin packages are installed on the system ?
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 19:19:09 -0700
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 08:19:41AM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
> % cygcheck -f /bin/gcc.exe
> gcc-3.3.1-3

(Insert your best Johnny Carson voice here) "I did not know that!".

And I looked but I just missed it I guess...

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