RE: LibICE.DLL is a BIG problem

["Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

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:mjennings@myrealbox.com]
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

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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: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Michael Jennings
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:14 AM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
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