From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 41568 invoked by alias); 6 Dec 2016 23:10:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 41556 invoked by uid 89); 6 Dec 2016 23:10:33 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=blake, Blake, disrupts, D*aol.com X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 06 Dec 2016 23:10:22 +0000 Received: from int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.26]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F614C05B1C5 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2016 23:10:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.10.66.44] ([10.10.66.44]) by int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uB6NAKVE013023 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2016 18:10:21 -0500 Subject: Re: cmp missing from base To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: From: Eric Blake Openpgp: url=http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Message-ID: <451b2b97-5d46-0ad1-d5ff-47475db1b99c@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 23:10:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Wh0MQSc2VCR782LvVUVu6fmQa2l6IdDQx" X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-12/txt/msg00048.txt.bz2 --Wh0MQSc2VCR782LvVUVu6fmQa2l6IdDQx Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="i4HVets7GIkwXmw1tx7VpTHmc6u2BOqit"; protected-headers="v1" From: Eric Blake To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <451b2b97-5d46-0ad1-d5ff-47475db1b99c@redhat.com> Subject: Re: cmp missing from base References: In-Reply-To: --i4HVets7GIkwXmw1tx7VpTHmc6u2BOqit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1074 On 10/30/2016 09:58 AM, Ken Brown wrote: > On 10/30/2016 4:05 AM, DAGwyn@aol.com wrote: >> I was unpleasantly surprised to find that the "cmp" utility had been >> removed from the Cygwin base, and a search for "cmp" in the Setup >> installer >> didn't find it. (It used to exist.) I eventually found it hidden in >> the >> "diffutils" package. >> Upon searching the mailing list I found some discussion, most of it >> being >> clueless. "cmp" is widely used in Unix makefiles! It's a basic utility >> that has been around for over 40 years. Utilities like that are so >> essential >> that it disrupts users when they are removed. There is a reason that >> POSIX specifies them! >=20 > I think the diffutils maintainer intended to add it to Base > (https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2016-05/msg00099.html), but maybe he > forgot. Eric? Thanks for the reminder; I've finally found time to rectify it today. Look for 3.5-2 to hit a mirror near you soon. --=20 Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --i4HVets7GIkwXmw1tx7VpTHmc6u2BOqit-- --Wh0MQSc2VCR782LvVUVu6fmQa2l6IdDQx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" Content-length: 604 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYR0VXAAoJEKeha0olJ0NqCAQH/ita5jueIZ40jsmqG73daiFc 6VXQ3cnG6FhKqAwfrHHQXLebI0IQ/NU5NiofOuXzoDeYhTzTRdf9CxS5djq+09Qf F6VEjAkuM0pAoy+nyH1awMSs1NOxXtHf0pKDuYCodD7TCN2cwZz91VQBCtnghgkQ 1teFF1BsGczcn0XZAWrFjEQlRQnDgc6mu4TFEYGnVQvx8CXCtFCeD7K8qe3Mk7oM teipkVBtmDwMOgUGsvLgIb73Zs0rxgWO7iFYsUir31EHpw8t/gNlCebetJTkWy1l 1UpRljC2jSBTB9qnqy+mi6zej44Ti+tESlbwjvltCVwI6MR+cK+0qm8JhM7N6/g= =Gke8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Wh0MQSc2VCR782LvVUVu6fmQa2l6IdDQx--