From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from loire.is.ed.ac.uk (loire.is.ed.ac.uk [129.215.16.10]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36B71388C00C for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 15:44:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 36B71388C00C Received: from crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk (crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.202.41]) by loire.is.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 0BUFis55020339 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 30 Dec 2020 15:44:54 GMT Received: from ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.24.151]) by crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 0BUFir3Q016803; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 15:44:53 GMT Received: by ecclerig.inf.ed.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 27024) id 5150512036C; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 15:44:54 +0000 (GMT) To: Marco Atzeri Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Package "python" removed from default package selection References: <20474c54-4367-faf2-c376-45b052c766cb@yahoo.de> <0b4df701-8548-91e6-e7ef-48def0b70489@gmail.com> From: "Henry S. Thompson" Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 15:44:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: <0b4df701-8548-91e6-e7ef-48def0b70489@gmail.com> (Marco Atzeri via Cygwin's message of "Wed\, 30 Dec 2020 12\:39\:50 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1012 (Gnus v5.10.12) XEmacs/21.5-b34 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Edinburgh-Scanned: at loire.is.ed.ac.uk X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, BIGNUM_EMAILS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 15:44:58 -0000 Marco Atzeri via Cygwin writes: > strange, python27-2.7.18-2 postinstall script should have set > /usr/bin/python. Neither python27-2.7.18-1 or -2 have any postinstall script. The change from -1 to -2 that causes python as such to disappear (which I can confirm) is the loss of welded-in links: > tar -tvf python2-2.7.18-1.tar.xz lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/pydoc -> pydoc2.7 lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/pydoc2 -> pydoc2.7 lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/python -> python2.7.exe lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7.exe -rw-rw-r-- Marco/Kein 45 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz -rw-rw-r-- Marco/Kein 46 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/share/man/man1/python2.1.gz > tar -tvf python2-2..tar.xz lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-12-28 08:57 usr/bin/pydoc2 -> pydoc2.7 lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-12-28 08:57 usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7.exe -rw-rw-r-- Marco/Kein 46 2020-12-28 08:57 usr/share/man/man1/python2.1.gz ht -- Henry S. Thompson, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail from me _always_ has a .sig like this -- mail without it is forged spam] The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.