Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 11:06:29AM -0500, Chuck wrote: >> Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> You have no basis for jumping on every potential cockpit error and >>> claim it is YA occurrence of your problem. I don't know what is >>> causing your problem but the problem reported in this thread is likely >>> to have been caused by exactly what I said. >>> >> Why on earth do you think I'm jumping on every problem as being my >> problem? I have limited this discussion to one problem - my problem - >> all along. Another poster mentioned having the same symptom. The >> *exact* same symptomn - no output from ls. How is that jumping on >> every other error and claiming it's mine? > > I apologize for my hyperbole. What I am trying to get across is that > doesn't benefit anyone to have you respond to messages from anyone who > maintains that they are getting no output as if they had your problem. > >> How can it be caused by a missing package when I have used cygwin >> successfully for years, > > Once again, I am not saying that the problem that the OP had is the same > as yours. We have seen the problem shown by the OP before and it has > been caused by a missing package. Specifically, it has been caused by > a missing cygintl* package. > > There is no reason for you to react to this as if I am trying to debug your > problem when I am not. I don't know why you are not getting this but it > is, IMO, likely that the problem that the OP had is not the same as yours. > Even if it is the same as yours, we need to do some basic sanity checks before > we come to that conclusion. > >> You're jumping on me like I haven't followed "the rules". I have >> followed all the directions, read the FAQs, searched the archives, >> posted cygcheck and strace output, and described *my* problem in detail. >> What else am I supposed to do? > > I am asking you to let the volunteers in this mailing list debug > problems without your interjecting comments which confuse the issue. > Feel free to try to debug the problem in your own message threads but > please don't confuse other people reporting problems until we've done > some basic narrowing down of root causes and shown that you have similar > problems. > > cgf >
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