RE: Which parts of cygwin

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

FAQ NOT at xfree86.cygwin.com but at http://cygwin.com.  You are reading
wrong FAQ at wrong URL.  You also need to do searches on Cygwin mailing list
NOT cygwin-xfree mailing list.

Suhaib


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Daners [mailto:f.daners@swissworld.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 6:13 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: AW: Which parts of cygwin
> 
> Sorry, I don't want to argue. Again I looked through
> http://xfree86.cygwin.com/faq.html but still could not
> find this info. I am probably blind but I read the
> whole section 2. Installation and Troubleshooting. In addition I
> checked the
> http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/cygwin-downloading.html site ...
> 
> So, why don't you just send me the link of the FAQ you looked through
> or the good search terms for a google querrie? You seem
> to be very familiar with this topic and angry about the same
> question arising a thousand times. (Which in fact means it is a
> important
> question in a way)
> 
> I am not looking for the parts of the cygwin-xfree port to download
> which is
> explained well in the users guide. I am looking for the necessary
> parts
> of the cygwin software wich must be installed before cygwin-xfree.
> 
> For example I don't need gcc or flex or bison ... to run the
> precomiled
> binaries of xfree.
> 
> I really do not want to argue and I tried to find the Info myself and
> would
> be very happy if somebody would be so kind and give me a good hint!
> 
> Felix
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> 
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: 'Christopher Faylor' [mailto:cygwin-xfree@redhat.com]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 12. August 2001 03:23
> An: Felix Daners
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Betreff: Re: Which parts of cygwin
> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 09:05:16AM +0200, Felix Daners wrote:
> >Thank you.
> >
> >Things change - the FAQ probably had this section.
> 
> The FAQ HAS a section.  I checked it before I sent his email.
> 
> >Now the uses guide only tells you to download all packages
> >of cygwin unless you know exacly what you do...
> >The google search did not unearth this topic.
> 
> Then you're definitely using the wrong search terms.  This has been
> hashed and rehashed countless times.
> 
> cgf