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Re: realpath: cygutils or coreutils?


On 02/05/2012 01:53 PM, Charles Wilson wrote:
> On 1/30/2012 7:01 PM, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> On 1/30/2012 3:32 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> In particular, it is much more powerful than the realpath(1) currently
>>> offered by cygutils.  Should I build my next coreutils package with
>>> realpath included, and wait to upload it until we can coordinate a build
>>> with cygutils dropping the weaker variant?  Or do we want to keep the
>>> cygutils variant for a while longer?
>>
>> I prefer standard tools when possible, and smaller cygutils. So, let's
>> go ahead and coordinate removing realpath from cygutils-$next.
> 
> I'm ready to cut a new release of cygutils (w.o. ascii.exe and
> realpath.exe) as soon as Eric is ready to upload a new version of
> coreutils.
> 
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps-cvs/2012-q1/msg00000.html
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps-cvs/2012-q1/msg00001.html

I've uploaded coreutils-8.15-1 as a test release; I can kick it over to
current once you've got a cygutils release to match.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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