* Please include 'file' in the base category. @ 2011-11-22 18:41 Peter Rosin 2011-11-22 18:47 ` Corinna Vinschen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Peter Rosin @ 2011-11-22 18:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin 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. Cheers, Peter [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libtool/2011-11/msg00024.html [2] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/file.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Please include 'file' in the base category. 2011-11-22 18:41 Please include 'file' in the base category Peter Rosin @ 2011-11-22 18:47 ` Corinna Vinschen 2011-11-22 20:11 ` Peter Rosin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2011-11-22 18:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin 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. The file package is in Base now. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Please include 'file' in the base category. 2011-11-22 18:47 ` Corinna Vinschen @ 2011-11-22 20:11 ` Peter Rosin 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Peter Rosin @ 2011-11-22 20:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin Corinna Vinschen skrev 2011-11-22 19:41: > On Nov 22 15:11, Peter Rosin wrote: >> So, please add 'file' to the Cygwin 'base' category, moving us one small >> step closer to the POSIX heaven. > > Heaven is (almost) here. The file package is in Base now. Great, thanks! Cheers, Peter -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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