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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:49:49 +0000
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Subject: Re: where is my "/usr/dict/words" or "/usr/share/dict/words on  	cygwin? (1.7)
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2009/12/12 Kenneth Wolcott:
> =C2=A0I update frequently.
>
> =C2=A0I always get everything from the standard cygwin mirrors.
>
> =C2=A0I have not seen /usr/share/dict/words or /usr/dict/words for quite
> some time now.
>
> =C2=A0I really like this package and it is not installed on any of our
> proprietary systems at work and it is not installed on any of our Linux
> machines at work, but it is on a FreeBSD machine at work that I cannot
> always get access to.
>
> =C2=A0Why isn't it on my cygwin installation (1.7) when I ask for EVERYTH=
ING to
> be installed?

Because no-one has volunteered to package it? Certainly I can't find
it in the package list, either on 1.5 or 1.7. Perhaps you'd previously
copied it manually from elsewhere?

Andy

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