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Re: how to check what cygwin packages are installed on the system ?
Hi!
Am Dienstag, 3. August 2004 15:46 schrieb Christopher Faylor:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:19:55AM +0200, Gernot Hillier wrote:
> >Am Dienstag, 3. August 2004 11:09 schrieb Corinna Vinschen:
> >>On Aug 3 04:57, Povolotsky, Alexander wrote:
> >>>How to check what Cygwin packages are installed on the system ?
> >>
> >>cygcheck -c
> >
> >You can also have a look in /etc/setup.
>
> And you would do that rather than use the tool designed for providing
> the information, because...?
... I like to understand roughly how things work (w/o always having to read
the sources).
... I possibly want to remove the tool.
... I want to double-check the output of the tool when it produces
inconsistent output or crashes.
(... I didn't read the documentation about that) ;-)
--> This was just thought as some sort of background information hint about
where this information is actually stored. Especially because it's stored
human-readable.
--
Bye,
Gernot Hillier
CT SE 2
Siemens AG, Mch P
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