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Re: how to check what cygwin packages are installed on the system ?
On Tue, August 3, 2004 16:19, Andrew DeFaria said:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>
>> And you would do that rather than use the tool designed for providing
>> the information, because...?
>
> To answer the question: "Which package brought in this file?" as in:
>
>
> $ cd /etc/setup
> $ str=gcc.exe
> $ for pkg in *.gz; do
>
>> zcat $pkg | grep -q $str if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo $str appears in $pkg fi done
Or:
$ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/gcc.exe
gcc-3.3.1-3
R.
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