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RE: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:01:31 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe
- References: <SERRANOzjYBkLsqqLcA000004dd@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: fergus
> >Sent: 12 July 2005 17:31
>
> > I have just upgraded to coreutils-5.3.0-8 and I find hat I have lost
> > cp, ls, md5sum executables to name just a few. Windows Explorer shows
> > that these no longer exist in /bin/. Anything I can or should do, or
> > should have done differently?
>
> Well, I think the first thing you should have done differently is,
> before you even began, asked yourself "Why am I doing this?" (upgrading
> your coreutils, that s).
>
> Why did you do it?
As if setup leaves you any choice. <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#WJM>.
FWIW, looks like the coreutils upload didn't get the actual package
tarball -- see <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-07/msg00171.html>.
Igor
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