/usr/share/doc/Cygwin (Was Re: sending email from Cygwin)

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Robert R Schneck wrote:

> Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> > I don't think cron should contain a dependency to ssmtp though.  It
> > would be the same as to have a dependency to exim.  And why should
> > cron.README contain hints about how to set up ssmtp?  That's the job
> > for the ssmtp README, isn't it?
>
> It might save people like this thread's original poster some detective
> work.  Though granted, it's not much work to figure out where sendmail
> points and then which README is relevant.  Perhaps the User's Guide
> should put a little more stress on the usefulness of
> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin.
>
> Robert

Yep, that would be a very good idea.  In particular, it should point out
that the information in the READMEs in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin takes
precedence over that in the package READMEs and manpages.

Maybe even an FAQ entry like "I've followed directions in the README / man
page / info file to the letter, and still can't get the package to work -
what gives?" (put in this form, it *is* rather frequently asked). :-)
	Igor
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