From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4837 invoked by alias); 24 Apr 2012 14:36:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 4622 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Apr 2012 14:36:17 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.71) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:35:53 +0000 Received: from pool-98-110-183-154.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([98.110.183.154] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMgqO-000KAi-W3 for cygwin-talk@cygwin.com; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:35:53 +0000 Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 588D113C076 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:35:52 -0400 (EDT) X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/oRpquBdY8wfHK1xoOd+4C Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:36:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Updated: ed-1.6-1 Message-ID: <20120424143552.GA24900@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A6E685C19@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <20120423231645.GA7150@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4F95E986.4000208@users.sourceforge.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-q2/txt/msg00012.txt.bz2 On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 06:26:00AM -0400, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: >On 23 April 2012 19:45, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >> On 2012-04-23 18:16, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 06:44:23PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) >>> [E] wrote: >>>> >>>> Christopher Faylor wrote on Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:59 PM >>>>> >>>>> I've made a new version of ed available for installation. ?This version >>>>> is a refresh from the currently released FSF version of this package. >>>> >>>> They're still updating ed!?!?! >>> >>> Heh. >>> >>> I was pretty surprised too. ?I couldn't believe I'd missed several >>> revisions. >>> >>> Who in the world still uses ed? >> >> http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/misc/dindex/sys-apps/ed >> http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/misc/rindex/sys-apps/ed > >The mksh testsuite requires ed to run successfully as well. I think Barry expressed my incredulity a little more clearly. I can believe that there are old configure scripts out there still using ed but it's hard to believe that people are still uncovering enough problems with ed to warrant multiple new releases. cgf