On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:32:26AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >Paul McFerrin wrote: >>Can you really *expect* that someone running B20 for 5+ years can >>remember from "which package" to select so you will not lose a >>particular program that you've been using for years. Heck I didn't >>even know it was part of the "linux" util package. I never used a >>Linus system before. The "cal" command was introduced back in SVR2 >>days (~1976)! Way before Linux came on the scene! Yes, I'm showing my >>age. > > >No I don't expect you to remember details of your ancient install. I >would expect that you'd recognize that quite allot has likely changed >in the interim and that you might need to do a little leg-work to get >everything you had back to the way you like it. I don't believe Cygwin >is unusual in this respect. Any 6+ year old distribution is going to >have changes that may seem a little jarring to those that may be >seeking to have everything just the way they had it. Of course, if you >feel that these realities don't live up to your expectations, you are >free to stick with the versions you have for as long as they do what >you want.
There's all that plus the fact that B20 didn't actually have "packages" anyway. That was more-or-less the point of subsequent releases - allowing people to choose what they wanted. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/