Re: Why not which 2.16 instead of 1.5?

Re: Why not which 2.16 instead of 1.5?

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
| the which package shipped in the Cygwin distro is not GNU which.
| Therefore the version number do not correspond.

Is there a particular reason why Cygwin _doesn't_ use GNU which?  Are
there issues with GNU which on Cygwin that we should know about?

In any case, I found out that there were no man pages for Cygwin which,
and if I remember correctly, there was no which --help either.  GNU which has both.  Either would be nice, and anyway with help2man you don't have to make both manually.

Thanks for your help!
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Re: Why not which 2.16 instead of 1.5?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 11:41:39PM -0400, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> | the which package shipped in the Cygwin distro is not GNU which.
> | Therefore the version number do not correspond.
> 
> Is there a particular reason why Cygwin _doesn't_ use GNU which?  Are
> there issues with GNU which on Cygwin that we should know about?
> 
> In any case, I found out that there were no man pages for Cygwin which,
> and if I remember correctly, there was no which --help either.  GNU which has both.  Either would be nice, and anyway with help2man you don't have to make both manually.

The reason is that this which is my own implementation and the one
I contributed right from the beginning.  If you don't like it, feel
free to take over Cygwin which maintainership.  I have no problem
stepping aside.

Corinna

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Re: Why not which 2.16 instead of 1.5?

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> The reason is that this which is my own implementation and the one
> I contributed right from the beginning.

My apologies, it was not my intent to step on anyone's toes.  I was simply trying to ascertain if there was something that I needed to know here; I haven't been around Cygwin all that long.

> If you don't like it, feel free to take over Cygwin which maintainership.
> I have no problem stepping aside.

While I appreciate the kind offer :-) I think I'll pass and leave a package as central as this to those much more knowledgeable than me.  Anyway, I'm busy now getting ready to propose a new package unrelated to this (more on that soon, I hope).

Thank you for your assistance with my question.
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Re: Why not which 2.16 instead of 1.5?

[Corinna Vinschen]

This question doesn't belong on cygwin-apps.  Redirected to
cygwin@cygwin.com.

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 02:01:56AM -0400, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> Corinna,
> 
> I believe you manage the which package, and if not, I hope the
> appropriate party will read this.
> 
> Why is cygwin still distributing which 1.5 when the GNU which listed at
> Savannah points to which (now 2.16) hosted at:

the which package shipped in the Cygwin distro is not GNU which.
Therefore the version number do not correspond.

Corinna

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