X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:message-id:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=PDWlsoJZnKlc46/xV1FnHNKSAeS6Akh0EkeL2LcPqgY KB9R2RDOWEErAx0VRBtJ/op7hqJkJMNRYbWtVrcoqaZDN7CoJBouZJ0DuWJY4Ou/ VOOGghgFUrzQYmKdb0whb7IOGHzKIioyqiVl1HgWQKrzUHeom4wRx+IIP3ifpuQQ = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:message-id:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=hPEQnB0+guy5YSd+7fBuijYsT2w=; b=OKzTMocrI9JJiyUvX 9wVXV3v4q3zCbad6jPLR6WitSZuziXv36hOPsekLgbEfWdV00BZSybrXcIHOjTfJ 4aTXieRuaiQ18BKDJhf8O3+vsTd/pxXVgU/iAc7H0oCS40mSLmHNjN8KCGjjWYn0 h4Ccd7X+XSGrphesHFtcLUXVUs= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-ig0-f172.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:message-id:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KIIpB3D5ylVdsJrzMw28NmKUk1zc/pzsubDB5vUu8gs=; b=jNla5exbO27tuvHr2E41W09lmtkJV5J+WnHmIprG4eY+KSlZATKWk2qYY/OOe3/1I2 J5d6AXmERpLf5DrOtpiiSCPg/Y7mf6rNDTZfhp5728YXkrv7g9NfIElOckM+j3/noi3U McgaBnfxxEmNtHbt2GT0WyyKzfeoPO8oA4bD7ObhvD7GVaHLCOBhDVDji2reDfBQuVmi 9saBf4H91Z30Nlq313eHUnGaQJKpajxYmeSuwH3Bv8TdE1M0gL1koFSm+zCcRAwUoBvA Ofo2EjM5FdY8fb5atqBfza11uT+oskd3rg94nGIN7iZdBuYp798G2kvijeCwTX1Wm/tr tDSw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmF1Wn2EKTayjoFlfajqupmGN02U+hRgcK98S3PMizgGCLyf3/jQlKbzoZlZgXsmsU3ps0l X-Received: by 10.42.106.15 with SMTP id x15mr12924419ico.67.1404860491429; Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:01:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 19:01:26 -0400 From: "Chris J. Breisch" Message-ID: <1737600071.20140708190126@breisch.org> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Shouldn't 'man' depend on 'col'? Shouldn't 'col' be easier to find? In-Reply-To: <53BC191A.5020606@gmail.com> References: <53BC191A DOT 5020606 AT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes At Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 12:15:22 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > On 08/07/2014 17:47, Jack Duthen wrote: >> Problem #1: >> ---------- >> After I loaded a few cygwin packages, I got this: >> >> $ man bash | wc >> man: can't execute col: No such file or directory >> >> The "man" command works perfectly when the stdout is NOT redirected, >> but, when sent to a pipe or a file, the command "man" fails with the >> above message. >> >> Question #1: >> Shouldn't the 'man' function/package depend on the 'col' function/package? >> >> Problem #2 >> ---------- >> To solve my 'man' problem,I tried to find the 'col' command. >> >> I launched the standard interface (setup.exe) and entered 'col' in the >> 'Search' text field. >> >> It gave me a list of packages, mainly related to 'colamd', 'colorgc', >> 'protocol' stuff, 'colored' stuff, 'texlive-collection' stuff, >> 'colordiff'... >> >> but no clear link to the missing 'col.exe'. > wrong way. Setup search only package names, not their content > Best with > https://cygwin.com/packages/ > https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=col.exe&arch=x86 > also with > $ cygcheck -p col.exe > Found 4 matches for col.exe > netpbm-10.61.02-1 - Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images > netpbm-debuginfo-10.61.02-1 - Debug information for Toolkit for > manipulation of graphic images > util-linux-2.21.2-1 - Random collection of Linux utilities > util-linux-debuginfo-2.21.2-1 - Debug information for Random collection > of Linux utilities > of course "col" is too short to be meaningful, "col.exe" > is a better catch. >> Question #3 >> To get a 'man' that works when piped, is there a better way than >> loading this "random" collection of utilities? >> >> Am I the only one to get that problem??? > util-linux is a popular package, so the issue was not yet noticed. > man was recently changed, so this dependency was likely missed, > specially as it seems hidden inside the man binary. Yes, this is true. I'll add it. I'm collecting a few things together, and trying to get the DB creation to work a little faster as well. -- Chris J. Breisch -- 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