On 10/30/2016 09:58 AM, Ken Brown wrote: > On 10/30/2016 4:05 AM, dag...@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! > > 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. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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