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Date:	Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:36:11 -0500
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From:	"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject:	Re: netdb.h
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At 03:18 PM 11/30/2000, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
><30 Nov 2000, 12:45 Uhr wars, als Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc folgendes schrub:>
>< Re: netdb.h >
>
> > At 12:14 PM 11/30/2000, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> > >Hi CygWinners,
> > >
> > >i'm missing netdb.h.
> > >
> > >in which part of the cygwin-collection is it included?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >gph
> > 
> > 
> > Perhaps you want to download all the packages and see for yourself??  This 
> > list doesn't really support those who take only pieces and then have 
> > problems...
>
>My dear friend, I have ALL the packages, i looked through (about 100 .tar.gz's) 
>and found it at last.
>
>I could have spared my time, if YOU had told me, that it is in cygwin package, 
>called cygwin.


If I had known that it was in that package, I might have actually spared you
that time.  I saw no benefit to me expending that time on your behalf.  I'm
not that bored!;-)


>Why should i install some parts of the whole collection or the whole thing 
>again, if there is only one file missing???


Maybe because its less time consuming than looking through all the packages
you have for the one that has the file you're missing?



>Now, after i know yhis, i want to ask, why there is a netdb.h in the bind 
>package, that is not included in cygwin collection, which is not compatible 
>with other cygwin applications?


Where'd you get the bind package?  


>Should i set all header files to read-only mode, to be sure? Would setup do no 
>more overwriting then?


It shouldn't but I can't say for sure.



>However, thank you for your kind answer, Mr. Larry Hall.


You're welcome.


Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
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