From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10311 invoked by alias); 23 Nov 2011 08:03:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 10301 invoked by uid 22791); 23 Nov 2011 08:03:20 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smail2.alcatel.fr (HELO smail2.alcatel.fr) (64.208.49.57) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:03:07 +0000 Received: from FRMRSSXCHHUB01.dc-m.alcatel-lucent.com (FRMRSSXCHHUB01.dc-m.alcatel-lucent.com [135.120.45.61]) by smail2.alcatel.fr (8.14.3/8.14.3/ICT) with ESMTP id pAN82nEE029811 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:03:04 +0100 Received: from [151.98.110.34] (135.120.57.7) by FRMRSSXCHHUB01.dc-m.alcatel-lucent.com (135.120.45.61) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.3.213.0; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:03:02 +0100 Message-ID: <4ECCA8B5.6000804@alcatel-lucent.com> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:03:00 -0000 From: Danilo Turina User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Talk Amongst Yourselves Subject: Re: Please include 'file' in the base category. References: <4ECBADA7.9070301@lysator.liu.se> <20111122184101.GX21190@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20111122184101.GX21190@calimero.vinschen.de> X-TagToolbar-Keys: D20111123090301467 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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: 2011-q4/txt/msg00041.txt.bz2 On 22/11/2011 19.41, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Nov 22 15:11, Peter Rosin wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I'm following up on an issue discussed on the Libtool list [1]. Basically, >> Libtool requires 'file' to be installed and breaks if it is not, and >> correctly so since 'file' is part of the POSIX base since issue 7 [2, at >> the bottom]. >> >> The fact that the Libtool package in Cygwin requires 'file' is not enough >> as a casual user building some libtoolized package unexpectedly has to make >> sure 'file' is installed. >> >> So, please add 'file' to the Cygwin 'base' category, moving us one small >> step closer to the POSIX heaven. > Heaven is (almost) here. Alleluja! > The file package is in Base now. > > > Corinna > -- DANILO TURINA ALCATEL-LUCENT Software Analyst NM System Team Network-Optics Rieti (Italy) Phone: +39 0746 600332 10 anni 7 mesi 13 giorni 23 ore 31 minuti 31 secondi