X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090928220918.GA14260@panix.com> References: <23428999 DOT 1253395327680 DOT JavaMail DOT ngmail AT webmail18 DOT arcor-online DOT net> <20090928220918 DOT GA14260 AT panix DOT com> From: "DePriest, Jason R." Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:22:32 -0500 Message-ID: <31b7d2790909281522h38df2947v224d3491d8d9e5ba@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Num lines in dirs: C:\cygwin\bin = 1152 C:\cygwin-1.7\bin = 289 WHY SO FEW? To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:09 PM, David Combs <> wrote: > I just now installed 1.7. > > Where *is* everything? > > bin has 289 files, whereas the non-beta has 1152. > > > > > > So, just how "beta" is 1.7. =A0"Alpha"? > > Or am I missing something, eg there's still lots more > for me to install "by hand"? > > > Oh, someone tell me how to find the version number of a cygwin, > and I can tell you what mine is. =A0(Looks like the most recent > files in bin are 15june09, so pretty darned recent, my "standard" > cygwin.) > > ---- > > Oh, *roughly* when might 1.7 become the standard cygwin? =A0A year > or so? > > > Thanks! > > David > uname -a to find out what version of the cygwin1.dll you have For example: CYGWIN_NT-6.0-WOW64 INCONSPICUOUS 1.7.0(0.212/5/3) 2009-09-11 01:25 i686 Cygwin My version 1.7 /bin directory has ~ 1000 files in it. You probably just don't have all the packages installed you had for version 1.5. Thanks. -Jason -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple