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Christina McQuirk wrote:
> So I found this:
> 
> [YOUR-7E1386FF39:~] >> cygcheck -p ./run.exe


  Wrong option.  "cygcheck -p <name>" is the equivalent of searching for
<name> in the list of cygwin distro packages (http://cygwin.com/packages).

> What is the Obsolete package about, and would *start cosole programs
> with hidden console* eat my display window?
> I can't seem to find documentation on what these packages do for cygwin.

  You can ignore this; it's a part of the X windows system that coincidentally
has the same name as your application.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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