Michael, You are having a discussion with the Cygwin/XFree86 project.
My name is not, ``The Cygwin/XFree86 Project''. Therefore, I kindly ask that you send all correspondence to [EMAIL PROTECTED], rather than directly to me. Thank you very much, Harold Michael Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I'd like a little creativity in seeing my point. I am suggesting that > there be one paragaph of explanation on the web site. Now, there isn't. > I want to be warned, that's all. > > If you want, I will write the paragraph and submit it to you. > > > Michael > > ____________________ > > Harold Hunt wrote: > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
