RE: broken link

["Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

Some users do not look at the right place, and want everything possible
in a single directory.  I certainly am not going to upload setup.exe in
in xfree directory to invite more troubles for me.

Suhaib


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Chris Faylor
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 8:31 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: broken link
>
>
> How in the world, could someone miss 'setup.exe'?  Or, the mention of
> it in three or four different places on the web site???
>
> cgf
>
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 07:25:19PM -0400, Suhaib M. Siddiqi wrote:
> >Please check with http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin on how to install
> >Cygwin 1.1.2.  and askt at cygwin@sources.redhat.com mailing list if you
> >problems with Cygwin installation.
> >
> >Also please post your messages to cygwin-xfree mailing list.  Please
> >not direct mail.  Mailing lists are there for some reasons.
> >
> >After you have installed Cygwin 1.11.2 properly, ask cygwin-xfree mailing
> >list and we will help you with Xfree, if you would have any questions.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Issac Trotts [mailto:trotts@MIT.EDU]
> >> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 7:03 PM
> >> To: Suhaib M. Siddiqi
> >> Subject: RE: broken link
> >>
> >>
> >> Suhaib,
> >>
> >> I didn't see a setup.exe for cygwin 1.1.2 so I downloaded
> >> cygwin-1.1.2.tar.gz and incanted
> >>
> >> gunzip -c cygwin-1.1.2.tar.gz | tar xvf -
> >>
> >> in the / directory (from a Windows prompt, after closing all the Cygwin
> >> bash shells).
> >> tar complained:
> >>
> >> usr/lib/libc.a: Could not link to `libcygwin.a': no such file or
> >> directory.
> >>
> >> and said the same thing for libm.a.  Should I do anything about this?
> >>
> >> Issac
> >>
> >>
> >> At 06:29 PM 7/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >> >
> >> >It is gone for good.  Use cygwin-xfree.
> >> >We do not support B20.1 anymore.  You need Cygwin 1.1.2 or later
> >> >and xfree 4.0.1
> >> >
> >> >Suhaib
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Issac Trotts [mailto:trotts@MIT.EDU]
> >> >> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 6:13 PM
> >> >> To: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
> >> >> Subject: broken link
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >>
> >> >> The link to
> >> >>
> >> >> cygwin-xfree-x11r6.4-cygwin-B20.1.tar.bz2
> >> >>
> >> >> on
> >> >>
> >> >> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/
> >> >>
> >> >> appears to be broken.  I tried to find it in
> >> >>
> >> >> ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/xc-4-binaries/
> >> >>
> >> >> but it wasn't there either.
> >> >>
> >> >> -Issac
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Issac Trotts [mailto:trotts@MIT.EDU]
> >> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 7:03 PM
> >> To: Suhaib M. Siddiqi
> >> Subject: RE: broken link
> >>
> >>
> >> Suhaib,
> >>
> >> I didn't see a setup.exe for cygwin 1.1.2 so I downloaded
> >> cygwin-1.1.2.tar.gz and incanted
> >>
> >> gunzip -c cygwin-1.1.2.tar.gz | tar xvf -
> >>
> >> in the / directory (from a Windows prompt, after closing all the Cygwin
> >> bash shells).
> >> tar complained:
> >>
> >> usr/lib/libc.a: Could not link to `libcygwin.a': no such file or
> >> directory.
> >>
> >> and said the same thing for libm.a.  Should I do anything about this?
> >>
> >> Issac
> >>
> >>
> >> At 06:29 PM 7/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >> >
> >> >It is gone for good.  Use cygwin-xfree.
> >> >We do not support B20.1 anymore.  You need Cygwin 1.1.2 or later
> >> >and xfree 4.0.1
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Issac Trotts [mailto:trotts@MIT.EDU]
> >> >> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 6:13 PM
> >> >> To: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
> >> >> Subject: broken link
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >>
> >> >> The link to
> >> >>
> >> >> cygwin-xfree-x11r6.4-cygwin-B20.1.tar.bz2
> >> >>
> >> >> on
> >> >>
> >> >> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/
> >> >>
> >> >> appears to be broken.  I tried to find it in
> >> >>
> >> >> ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/xc-4-binaries/
> >> >>