From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:31:58 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: added apt-cyg perl info, better recustomize
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.103^2~3^2~2
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?p=feisty_meow.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=84a10f3297b481ab60f4cd4155244649b21cae06

added apt-cyg perl info, better recustomize
---

diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index ca3b7459..aaa8283b 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -58,12 +58,15 @@ A couple of perl modules are required by some of the scripts (including the
 differ utility and the feisty meow customization system).  They can be
 installed with either apt-get or CPAN.
 
-Install using apt-get:
+Install using apt-get (on Ubuntu or Debian-based OS):
 # sudo apt-get install libfile-which-perl libtext-diff-perl
 
 or Install using perl's CPAN:
 # sudo cpan install Text::Diff File::Which
 
+or on Cygwin (MS-Windows), install with apt-cyg:
+# apt-cyg install perl-File-Which perl-Text-Diff
+
 ==============
 
 How to install the build dependencies for feisty meow
diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index daaabcb1..189dac01 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -488,9 +488,12 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
     incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
 
-    local fail_message="\nare the perl dependencies installed?  if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
-    $(grep "apt.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n"
-    
+    local fail_message="\n
+are the perl dependencies installed?  if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
+    $(grep "apt-get.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n
+or if you're on cygwin, then try this (if apt-cyg is available):\n
+    $(grep "apt-cyg.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n";
+
     #echo "the incongruous files list is: $incongruous_files"
     # disallow a single character result, since we get "*" as result when nothing exists yet.
     if [ ${#incongruous_files} -ge 2 ]; then