Michael, No it is not amazing that the default Cygwin installation does not install XFree86.
Just read the Cygwin mailing list archives and notice how often people bitch about how large the default installation is already. The default installation continues to get smaller, rather than larger, as a result of all of this bitching. Now we have reached the point where people bitch about there being too much just about as much as people bitch about there being too little. Thus, we have reached a nice stable point, and we intend to stay there. Harold -----Original Message----- From: Michael Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:38 AM To: Harold Hunt Subject: Re: LibICE.DLL is a BIG problem Amazingly, the default Cygwin install does not install XFree86. It is necessary to choose it. That's why there are so many problems with it being missing. You can see all the trouble people are having by puting LibICE.dll into Google. Michael ___________________ Harold Hunt wrote: Michael, Because I have never heard of any problems with libICE. You are going to have to provide details, even if those details are only links to the relevant bits of discussions that you have found via Google. Thanks, Harold -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Jennings Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LibICE.DLL is a BIG problem There are lots of messages on Google that say people are having a problem with a missing DLL, LibICE.dll. No one has answered that message with a definitive answer. There are FTP and HTTP addresses given that don't lead to the file. I'm trying to install Nedit, and it is asking for this file. Why doesn't Cygwin provide everything necessary, or links, or explanations? Re-installing made no difference. Michael Jennings
