RE: how to check what cygwin packages are installed on the system ?

["DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest at ftb dot com>]

On Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:45 AM, Robin Bowes wrote

> 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.
> --
> http://robinbowes.com

$ cygcheck -f /etc/inetd.conf
<nothing>

$ for pkg in *.gz; do zcat $pkg | grep -q "inetd.conf"; if [ $? -eq 0 ];
then echo $str appears in $pkg; fi; done
appears in xinetd.lst.gz

cygcheck -f works for some files apparently, but not all.

-Jason

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