Re: Package "python" removed from default package selection

2020-12-30 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin
back in the mailinglist On 30.12.2020 13:55, Michael Soegtrop wrote: Hi Marco, I have $ alternatives --display python bash: alternatives: command not found Can it be that the latest changes assume that "alternatives" is installed, but that this is not part of the default package set (python i

Re: Package "python" removed from default package selection

2020-12-30 Thread Henry S. Thompson via Cygwin
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:

Re: Package "python" removed from default package selection

2020-12-30 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin
On 30.12.2020 10:38, Michael Soegtrop via Cygwin wrote: Dear Cygwin Team, sorry - I was too quick. Actually the packages are the other way around: New is: python python-2.7.18-1.tar.bz2 0 python-pip-wheel python-pip-wheel-19.2.3-1.tar.bz2 0 python-setuptools-wheel python-setuptools-wheel-41.2.

Re: Package "python" removed from default package selection

2020-12-30 Thread Michael Soegtrop via Cygwin
Dear Cygwin Team, sorry - I was too quick. Actually the packages are the other way around: New is: python python-2.7.18-1.tar.bz2 0 python-pip-wheel python-pip-wheel-19.2.3-1.tar.bz2 0 python-setuptools-wheel python-setuptools-wheel-41.2.0-1.tar.bz2 0 python2 python2-2.7.18-2.tar.bz2 0 python27

Package "python" removed from default package selection

2020-12-30 Thread Michael Soegtrop via Cygwin
Dear Cygwin Team, as far as I can tell the package "python" which drags in some python and creates a symlink like /usr/bin/python -> python2.7.exe has been removed recently (in the last 3 days or so) from the default package selection. This has the effect that calls to just "python" fail. I