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Re: where is my "/usr/dict/words" or "/usr/share/dict/words on cygwin? (1.7)


2009/12/12 Kenneth Wolcott:
> ÂI update frequently.
>
> ÂI always get everything from the standard cygwin mirrors.
>
> ÂI have not seen /usr/share/dict/words or /usr/dict/words for quite
> some time now.
>
> ÂI really like this package and it is not installed on any of our
> proprietary systems at work and it is not installed on any of our Linux
> machines at work, but it is on a FreeBSD machine at work that I cannot
> always get access to.
>
> ÂWhy isn't it on my cygwin installation (1.7) when I ask for EVERYTHING to
> be installed?

Because no-one has volunteered to package it? Certainly I can't find
it in the package list, either on 1.5 or 1.7. Perhaps you'd previously
copied it manually from elsewhere?

Andy

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