Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Cygwin package search down for a while

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 04:07:57PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>On 8/23/2013 3:22 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 01:27:13PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> I'm working on bringing Cygwin's package search into the multi-arch
>>> world so it will be down for a while while I tweak things.
>>>
>>> It should be back up by Saturday so please don't panic unless it
>>> seems broken after Saturday afternoon.
>>
>> This went much faster than I expected.  The new package interface allows
>> you to switch between x86 and x86_64 when searching for or displaying
>> packages.
>>
>> This interface now uses javascript to control which arch is displayed.
>
>Very cool!  Unfortunately, though expected, the Firefox Cygwin Package
>search plug-in now needs to be updated to match...
>
><https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cygwin-packages/?src=search>
>
>I wonder if the author has a Thursday available sometime soon. ;-)

I don't think I knew about that.  That seems like something you could
easily just make a firefox bookmark do.  I do something similar to
quickly get to bug reports at work.

Create a shortcut like:

http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?arch=x86&grep=%s

save it with a keyword like "cygpackage" and you should be able to type:

cygpackage binutils

to search for junk.

cgf

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