Why /dev/kmsg was deleted from cygwin1.dll in git?

Why /dev/kmsg was deleted from cygwin1.dll in git?

[Takashi Yano]

Why was /dev/kmsg deleted from cygwin1.dll in git?
Due to this change, syslogd in inetutils package no longer works.

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Re: Why /dev/kmsg was deleted from cygwin1.dll in git?

[Corinna Vinschen]

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On Jul  4 04:44, Takashi Yano wrote:
> Why was /dev/kmsg deleted from cygwin1.dll in git?
> Due to this change, syslogd in inetutils package no longer works.

/dev/kmsg doesn't really give any useful information.  It was never used
for more than some exception information, but it required a complete
fhandler class on its own.  I wanted to get rid of the useless code.

Inetutils is an orphaned package (and rightfully so).

If you think you need inetutils and especially syslogd, I suggest
to take over maintainance of that package and tweak syslogd so it
doesn't require /dev/kmsg anymore.


Corinna

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Re: Why /dev/kmsg was deleted from cygwin1.dll in git?

[Takashi Yano]

Hi Corinna,

On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 12:54:20 +0200
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Inetutils is an orphaned package (and rightfully so).
> 
> If you think you need inetutils and especially syslogd, I suggest
> to take over maintainance of that package and tweak syslogd so it
> doesn't require /dev/kmsg anymore.

Are the following three packages still orphaned?
* inetutils
* rsh
* tcp_wrappers

If so, may I apply for a maintainer of these packages? Honestly, I
am not sure what the maintainer tasks are. I appreciate if you let
me know how I can learn about that.

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Re: Why /dev/kmsg was deleted from cygwin1.dll in git?

[Corinna Vinschen]

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On Jul  4 22:26, Takashi Yano wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
> 
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 12:54:20 +0200
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > Inetutils is an orphaned package (and rightfully so).
> > 
> > If you think you need inetutils and especially syslogd, I suggest
> > to take over maintainance of that package and tweak syslogd so it
> > doesn't require /dev/kmsg anymore.
> 
> Are the following three packages still orphaned?
> * inetutils
> * rsh
> * tcp_wrappers

You can view the state of each package on
https://cygwin.com/cygwin-pkg-maint

> If so, may I apply for a maintainer of these packages?

Everybody may do that.  We're happy if packages are maintained!

> Honestly, I
> am not sure what the maintainer tasks are. I appreciate if you let
> me know how I can learn about that.

Start here: https://cygwin.com/packages.html

The orphaned packages are most of the time in a state which just
has to be picked up, with cygport file (often an older state, just as
the package itself) and buildable out of the box.  So you start by
making sure you can build the package with cygport, then you apply
for maintainance on the cygwin-apps mailing list (which you should
subscribe to as a package maintainer).  Don't be shy to ask for help
on this mailing list, if necessary.


Thanks,
Corinna

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