Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-04-06 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Wilson wrote: > I think that's what was agreed to; hopefully I didn't mess anything up. Looks good to me. Thank you for closing this. Yaakov -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-04-05 Thread Charles Wilson
Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 All affected maintainers have agreed to the transition. Please review new packages: ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2-src.tar.bz2 ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-04-04 Thread Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson wrote: I've got a version of cygutils (1.3.0-1) ready to upload which has the following programs removed: cal col colcrt colrm column ddate getopt mcookie namei rename rev Its upload needs to be synchronized with the following: (1) adding Yaakov's util-linux > (3) agetty, more

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-23 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
Corinna Vinschen wrote: (which tool in util-linux actually *needs* perl regexp and can't be build using standard regexp?) more, based on the existing package's patch. > but I e2fsprogs should definitely not become a requirement for a Cygwin > base installation. Agreed. Yaakov

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 21 00:25, Charles Wilson wrote: > (2) Q: maybe cygutils' setup.hint file should require: util-linux >PRO: that way, people won't suddenly see their favorite little > utility disappear >CON: util-linux requires e2fsprogs and libpcre0. Since cygutils >

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-20 Thread Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson wrote: > Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: >>> ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2-src.tar.bz2 ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2.tar.bz2 ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/setup.hi

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-13 Thread Charles Wilson
Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: All affected maintainers have agreed to the transition. Please review new packages: ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2-src.tar.bz2 ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/u

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-12 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: All affected maintainers have agreed to the transition. Please review new packages: ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2-src.tar.bz2 ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2.tar.bz2 ftp://su

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-07 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 All affected maintainers have agreed to the transition. Please review new packages: ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2-src.tar.bz2 ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2.ta

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-07 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 6 20:48, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >Well, call it objections... I can't quite see the benfit of mkswap and > >the fsck resp. mkfs backends in the Cygwin distro. You know what will > >happen, don't you? We have already people once in a while asking if > >Cy

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-06 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
Corinna Vinschen wrote: Well, call it objections... I can't quite see the benfit of mkswap and the fsck resp. mkfs backends in the Cygwin distro. You know what will happen, don't you? We have already people once in a while asking if Cygwin can access, say, ext2 filesystems, but these tools add

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-06 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 5 15:36, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > >/sbin: > >agetty fsck.cramfs fsck.minix mkfs.bfs mkfs.cramfs mkfs mkfs.minix > >mkswap sln > > > >/bin and /usr/bin: > >arch cal chkdupexe col colcrt colrm column ddate getopt hexdump isosize > >line look mcookie mo

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-06 Thread Peter Ekberg
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 08:02:26PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: > Peter Ekberg wrote: > > >can be zapped for Cygwin. I haven't really > >digged into the problem though, so surprises might crop up... > > That's an understatement. It is interesting that you highlight my caveat emptor, but then go

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-05 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: AFAICS now, I'm down to the following: /sbin: agetty fsck.cramfs fsck.minix mkfs.bfs mkfs.cramfs mkfs mkfs.minix mkswap sln /bin and /usr/bin: arch cal chkdupexe col colcrt colrm column ddate getopt hexdump isosize line look mcookie more namei pg rename renice rev

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-04 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 3 18:17, Charles Wilson wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > >Charles? Any chance that libtool could do without this hack? > > See previous message. > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2006-03/msg00028.html Yep, read it. You seem to be rather backed off by the idea of the "transparent_

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-03 Thread Charles Wilson
Peter Ekberg wrote: With transparent_exe, I'd argue that $EXEEXT should be "". Fix that first, then I think the stupid foo.exe wrapper It's interesting that you call the foo.exe wrapper "stupid" or "really silly"...while highlighting the exact reason it is necessary: make rules. I assume yo

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-03 Thread Charles Wilson
Corinna Vinschen wrote: Charles? Any chance that libtool could do without this hack? See previous message. http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2006-03/msg00028.html -- Chuck

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-03 Thread Charles Wilson
Eric Blake wrote: According to Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) on 3/2/2006 3:06 PM: No. With Corinna's patch to add CYGWIN=transparent_exe option, we are asking for problems if we distribute a script alongside an exe. OK, but I can think of one *major* "violation" of this: libtool-built applications,

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-03 Thread Peter Ekberg
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:15:54AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mar 2 20:13, Eric Blake wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > According to Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) on 3/2/2006 3:06 PM: > > >>> No. With Corinna's patch to add CYGWIN=transparent_exe option, we

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-03 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 2 20:13, Eric Blake wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) on 3/2/2006 3:06 PM: > >>> No. With Corinna's patch to add CYGWIN=transparent_exe option, we are > >>> asking for problems if we distribute a script alongside an exe. > >

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-02 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) on 3/2/2006 3:06 PM: >>> No. With Corinna's patch to add CYGWIN=transparent_exe option, we are >>> asking for problems if we distribute a script alongside an exe. > > OK, but I can think of one *major* "violation"

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-02 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Wilson wrote: > Two choices: "port" these (few?) additional programs to cygutils (e.g. > so they too link against installed libintl3, use #include > which is properly autoconf-guarded instead of hard-including a bunch of > stuff, etc). Or, re

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-02 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Corinna Vinschen wrote: > blockdev? I have some doubts... The --getsize command works, but that's about it. I guess I'll remove it. > What do you do with fsck backends w/o fsck and w/o OS support? AFAIK fsck is just a frontend. I tested mkfs.mini

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-02 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eric Blake wrote: > No. With Corinna's patch to add CYGWIN=transparent_exe option, we are > asking for problems if we distribute a script alongside an exe. (I've > been meaning to check for any other violations of the idea of providing > more than on

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-01 Thread Charles Wilson
Christopher Faylor wrote: What problem are we trying to solve here? I thought that we resolved a long time ago that we were going to use cygutils and pull things into it from util-linux as needed. I believe that's the current operating assumption, mainly because when I first created cygutils

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
What problem are we trying to solve here? I thought that we resolved a long time ago that we were going to use cygutils and pull things into it from util-linux as needed. I don't see any compelling reason to change this behavior. Am I missing something? cgf

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-01 Thread Tacvek
"Charles Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Question: do ALL of the utilities listed above actually *work*, or merely compile? If some are the latter, I think each should be removed from your proposed package until they do. I have not tested his package, b

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-01 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) on 2/28/2006 4:01 PM: > Following up on a recent discussion on the main list, I have gone > through util-linux-2.12r and compiled as much as possible, giving me the > following, all with gettext support: I'm all fo

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-03-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 28 17:01, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Following up on a recent discussion on the main list, I have gone > through util-linux-2.12r and compiled as much as possible, giving me the > following, all with gettext support: > > /bin: > arc

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-02-28 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
On 2/28/06, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > Following up on a recent discussion on the main list, I have gone > through util-linux-2.12r and compiled as much as possible, giving me the > following, all with gettext support: > > /bin: > arch.exe more.exe As the reluctant maintainer of "more", I'd

Re: [ITP] util-linux

2006-02-28 Thread Charles Wilson
Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: /bin: arch.exe more.exe /sbin: agetty.exe blockdev.exe lvtune.exe fsck.cramfs fsck.minix mkfs.bfs mkfs.cramfs /mkfs.exe mkfs.minix mkswap.exe sln.exe /usr/bin: cal.exe chkdupexe clear col.exe colcrt.exe colrm.exe column.exe cytune.exe ddate.exe flock.exe getopt.ex

[ITP] util-linux

2006-02-28 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Following up on a recent discussion on the main list, I have gone through util-linux-2.12r and compiled as much as possible, giving me the following, all with gettext support: /bin: arch.exe more.exe /sbin: agetty.exe blockdev.exe lvtune.exe fsck.cra