Curious about cygcheck -s' comment on vi

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Wed Feb 22 02:33:00 GMT 2006


Dave Korn wrote:
> On 21 February 2006 03:57, L Anderson wrote:
> 
>> I ran "cygcheck -s" on my system and noticed the comment "Not found:
>> vi". A search of the web and Cygwin archives seems to indicate that vi
>> is not a Cygwin package and it doesn't show up in Setup.  Therefore, the
>> comment seems a bit like saying that oat meal is cholesterol free or
>> "Not found: elephants".  :-)
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> L Anderson
> 
> 
>   Actually, lack of elephants is an error, not a warning:
> 
> 
> ---------------------------<snip>---------------------------
> dk@rainbow /repository/gcc-build/binutils> cygcheck -s elephants
> Error: could not find elephants
> 
> Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
> Current System Time: Tue Feb 21 11:08:09 2006
> ---------------------------<snip>---------------------------
> 
> 
> ;)


And error or no, look out for flying hippos!

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