multiple xpm instances

[Harold L Hunt II]

Paul,

Good theory.  I think that if you have been around since the pre-setup 
days then it is most likely a left-over binary.

Harold

Kirschner, Paul E. UTRC wrote:
> The xpm package I have is NOT listed in the setup (so I cannot uninstall or
> reinstall from there). It is NOT listed as part of the xpm-nox package.
> 
> Could it be a remnant from the pre-cygwin setup days when we separately
> downloaded tgz files for scripted installs?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Markebo [mailto:andrew.markebo@telia.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:47 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: multiple xpm instances
> 
> 
> / Paul Kirschner <kirschpe@utrc.utc.com> wrote:
> | In compiling an X11 application I found multiple instances of xpm. One
> | version comes from XFree86-prog-4.2.0-1 (dated 1/21/2002 and in
> | /usr/X11R6/{lib,include}) and the other from xpm-4.0.0-2 (dated 12/8/2000
> | and in /usr/{lib,include)). "cygcheck -c" shows the xpm installation. (I
> | also have the xpm-nox version installed which is OK.)
> |
> | Is the XFree86-prog the "correct" version to use? Should I remove the
> older
> | one? How do I remove it properly?
> 
> I suppose it is the package "xpm-nox" you see in /usr, basically a
> version not needing X, and is provided if you just need to do some
> conversions (is it gs?) and don't want the X-servers..
> 
> How to remove it.. uninstall it through setup :-) Hmm weird that it
> isn't updated, there seems to be a 4.2.0 'out'.
> 
>     /Andy
>