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Marc Weber wrote:
>>
>>  * The hint file is not complete and appears to be some kind of
>>    gag?
> Can you recommend me one which you find "complete" ?
> I had a quick glance at some packages eg
> ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/cygwin/release/cron/setup.hint
> and they don't seem to contain much more information.
> Can you point me to a "complete" one?
Ahem. Must be some kind of language problem?

Is this a gag or an oversight?:

setup.hint:
------------
category: Games Text
          ^^^^^^^^^^             
requires: libncurses6 cygwin
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
sdesc:    "A whackamole simulation in ASCII art"
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ldesc: "allows multiple versions of a package to be installed side-by-side,
ensures that dependency specifications are complete, supports atomic 
upgrades
and rollbacks .."
category: System Devel
# Let's see wether it works this way first..
#requires: cygwin patch gcc-g++ bash make autoconf libtool curl


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