From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12094 invoked by alias); 8 Jul 2014 23:01:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 12079 invoked by uid 89); 8 Jul 2014 23:01:35 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-ig0-f172.google.com Received: from mail-ig0-f172.google.com (HELO mail-ig0-f172.google.com) (209.85.213.172) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:01:33 +0000 Received: by mail-ig0-f172.google.com with SMTP id hn18so1243801igb.5 for ; Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:01:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:message-id:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KIIpB3D5ylVdsJrzMw28NmKUk1zc/pzsubDB5vUu8gs=; b=jNla5exbO27tuvHr2E41W09lmtkJV5J+WnHmIprG4eY+KSlZATKWk2qYY/OOe3/1I2 J5d6AXmERpLf5DrOtpiiSCPg/Y7mf6rNDTZfhp5728YXkrv7g9NfIElOckM+j3/noi3U McgaBnfxxEmNtHbt2GT0WyyKzfeoPO8oA4bD7ObhvD7GVaHLCOBhDVDji2reDfBQuVmi 9saBf4H91Z30Nlq313eHUnGaQJKpajxYmeSuwH3Bv8TdE1M0gL1koFSm+zCcRAwUoBvA Ofo2EjM5FdY8fb5atqBfza11uT+oskd3rg94nGIN7iZdBuYp798G2kvijeCwTX1Wm/tr tDSw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmF1Wn2EKTayjoFlfajqupmGN02U+hRgcK98S3PMizgGCLyf3/jQlKbzoZlZgXsmsU3ps0l X-Received: by 10.42.106.15 with SMTP id x15mr12924419ico.67.1404860491429; Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:01:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.237] (76-219-158-219.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net. [76.219.158.219]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id j10sm9561994igv.17.2014.07.08.16.01.29 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:01:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:01:00 -0000 From: "Chris J. Breisch" Message-ID: <1737600071.20140708190126@breisch.org> To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Shouldn't 'man' depend on 'col'? Shouldn't 'col' be easier to find? In-Reply-To: <53BC191A.5020606@gmail.com> References: <53BC191A.5020606@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-07/txt/msg00104.txt.bz2 At Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 12:15:22 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > On 08/07/2014 17:47, Jack Duthen wrote: >> Problem #1: >> ---------- >> After I loaded a few cygwin packages, I got this: >> >> $ man bash | wc >> man: can't execute col: No such file or directory >> >> The "man" command works perfectly when the stdout is NOT redirected, >> but, when sent to a pipe or a file, the command "man" fails with the >> above message. >> >> Question #1: >> Shouldn't the 'man' function/package depend on the 'col' function/package? >> >> Problem #2 >> ---------- >> To solve my 'man' problem,I tried to find the 'col' command. >> >> I launched the standard interface (setup.exe) and entered 'col' in the >> 'Search' text field. >> >> It gave me a list of packages, mainly related to 'colamd', 'colorgc', >> 'protocol' stuff, 'colored' stuff, 'texlive-collection' stuff, >> 'colordiff'... >> >> but no clear link to the missing 'col.exe'. > wrong way. Setup search only package names, not their content > Best with > https://cygwin.com/packages/ > https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=col.exe&arch=x86 > also with > $ cygcheck -p col.exe > Found 4 matches for col.exe > netpbm-10.61.02-1 - Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images > netpbm-debuginfo-10.61.02-1 - Debug information for Toolkit for > manipulation of graphic images > util-linux-2.21.2-1 - Random collection of Linux utilities > util-linux-debuginfo-2.21.2-1 - Debug information for Random collection > of Linux utilities > of course "col" is too short to be meaningful, "col.exe" > is a better catch. >> Question #3 >> To get a 'man' that works when piped, is there a better way than >> loading this "random" collection of utilities? >> >> Am I the only one to get that problem??? > util-linux is a popular package, so the issue was not yet noticed. > man was recently changed, so this dependency was likely missed, > specially as it seems hidden inside the man binary. Yes, this is true. I'll add it. I'm collecting a few things together, and trying to get the DB creation to work a little faster as well. -- Chris J. Breisch -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple